City life halts in Patna
All private, government schools have been shut in Bihar on Saturday, September 28, due to heavy rainfall, a day after the state government announced alert in as many as 13 districts for extremely heavy rainfall.
In the last 24 hours, Patna has received 98 mm of rainfall. “Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy falls very likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam and Meghalaya,” the IMD said.
Red alert has now been issued in 15 districts namely Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Purnia, Darbhanga, Bhagalpur, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Muzaffarpur, Banka, Samastipur, Madhepura, Sahasa, Katihar, Vaishali.
Here are some pictures from the capital city
Heavy rains disrupt train services, life in Bihar