Rain lashes Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH: Several parts of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh today lashed by rains causing traffic snarls and water-logging in low-lying areas.

According to Met office, Sonepat city had received around 306 mm rain during the past four days.

Incessant rainfall in the region has thrown normal life out of gear.

A scooterist was yesterday killed when he fell down after hitting with a stone lying in the rain water in old Housing Board colony in Sonepat, a report said.

Apart from flooding of various streets and roads, the recent spell of rain also severely damaged roads connecting to various districts.

Hundreds of acres of agricultural fields in a number of villages of Sonepat district are inundated by rain water. Water-logging in fields has affected standing crops of paddy, sugarcane, jowar and bajra.