<p>Ranchi/Gumla/ Ramgarh: Several road diversions were washed away, trees uprooted and houses damaged due to incessant rain for the past two days in Jharkhand, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>However, no casualty was reported from any part of the state till now, a disaster management official said.</p>.<p>The Jharkhand government has already ordered that all schools be closed on Saturday in view of the rains.</p>.<p>NDRF teams had been deployed in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Friday to rescue people from low-lying areas hit by incessant rains, he said.</p>.<p>But, the situation is under control there, he said.</p>.Flight operations suspended in Bengal's Andal airport due to rain, water logging.<p>The weather department has issued alert for heavy rains in many districts on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places is very likely today and isolated extremely heavy rainfall is also very likely over Northwest Jharkhand," Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge Abhishek Anand said.</p>.<p>In Ranchi, several low-lying areas are submerged under rainwater. Around 40 people had been rescued on Friday evening by NDRF personnel from Bandhgari locality under Sadar police station in Ranchi city.</p>.<p>A road diversion was washed away in Ranchi's Mandar area.</p>.<p>Trees were also found uprooted at several places in the capital city on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) issued toll-free numbers for city residents to register their complaints regarding waterlogging.</p>.<p>In Gumla, at least three road diversions were washed away in heavy rain.</p>.<p>A road diversion near Kandra village connecting Gumla and Lohardaga was washed away, while a road diversion in Chainpur block washed away affecting around 15,000 people of five villages, an official said.</p>.<p>Several houses were also damaged in many low-lying villages of the district.</p>.<p>In Ramgarh, an alert has been sounded in the famous pilgrimage site - Rajrappa temple - by the administration due to the rise in water level in the Damodar and Bhairvi rivers.</p>.<p>Devotees have been asked to avoid going to the exit gate along Damodar river, temple chief priest Ajay Panda said.</p>.<p>Ramgarh deputy commissioner Chandan Kumar has directed officials of all six blocks to keep a close eye on the situation and NDRF has been kept on standby for any situation.</p>.<p>In Dhanbad, several localities such as Grewal Colony near Bekarbandh, Nawadih Nandan Residency in Bhuli, Mangal Vihar Colony in Dhaiyya, Shivliwari Colony in Maithon have been submerged due to heavy rains.</p>.<p>Dhanbad Municipal Commissioner Raviraj Sharma said that Quick Response Teams (QRT) have been pressed in at different locations to clear the waterlogging.</p>.<p>The incessant rains, however, brought down the rain deficiency of the state to 32 per cent.</p>.<p>The state has received 359 mm rainfall from June 1 to August 2 against the normal rainfall of 526.3 mm rainfall, according to the rainfall bulletin of the weather department. </p>
<p>Ranchi/Gumla/ Ramgarh: Several road diversions were washed away, trees uprooted and houses damaged due to incessant rain for the past two days in Jharkhand, an official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>However, no casualty was reported from any part of the state till now, a disaster management official said.</p>.<p>The Jharkhand government has already ordered that all schools be closed on Saturday in view of the rains.</p>.<p>NDRF teams had been deployed in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi on Friday to rescue people from low-lying areas hit by incessant rains, he said.</p>.<p>But, the situation is under control there, he said.</p>.Flight operations suspended in Bengal's Andal airport due to rain, water logging.<p>The weather department has issued alert for heavy rains in many districts on Saturday.</p>.<p>"Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places is very likely today and isolated extremely heavy rainfall is also very likely over Northwest Jharkhand," Ranchi Meteorological Centre in-charge Abhishek Anand said.</p>.<p>In Ranchi, several low-lying areas are submerged under rainwater. Around 40 people had been rescued on Friday evening by NDRF personnel from Bandhgari locality under Sadar police station in Ranchi city.</p>.<p>A road diversion was washed away in Ranchi's Mandar area.</p>.<p>Trees were also found uprooted at several places in the capital city on Saturday morning.</p>.<p>Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) issued toll-free numbers for city residents to register their complaints regarding waterlogging.</p>.<p>In Gumla, at least three road diversions were washed away in heavy rain.</p>.<p>A road diversion near Kandra village connecting Gumla and Lohardaga was washed away, while a road diversion in Chainpur block washed away affecting around 15,000 people of five villages, an official said.</p>.<p>Several houses were also damaged in many low-lying villages of the district.</p>.<p>In Ramgarh, an alert has been sounded in the famous pilgrimage site - Rajrappa temple - by the administration due to the rise in water level in the Damodar and Bhairvi rivers.</p>.<p>Devotees have been asked to avoid going to the exit gate along Damodar river, temple chief priest Ajay Panda said.</p>.<p>Ramgarh deputy commissioner Chandan Kumar has directed officials of all six blocks to keep a close eye on the situation and NDRF has been kept on standby for any situation.</p>.<p>In Dhanbad, several localities such as Grewal Colony near Bekarbandh, Nawadih Nandan Residency in Bhuli, Mangal Vihar Colony in Dhaiyya, Shivliwari Colony in Maithon have been submerged due to heavy rains.</p>.<p>Dhanbad Municipal Commissioner Raviraj Sharma said that Quick Response Teams (QRT) have been pressed in at different locations to clear the waterlogging.</p>.<p>The incessant rains, however, brought down the rain deficiency of the state to 32 per cent.</p>.<p>The state has received 359 mm rainfall from June 1 to August 2 against the normal rainfall of 526.3 mm rainfall, according to the rainfall bulletin of the weather department. </p>