Heavy rain, thunder storm, lightning hit city overnight

Heavy rain accompanied with thunder storms and lightning lashed Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar all night on Sunday.

The rain started at around 4pm and before that a complete blackout was experienced all over the city.

The advent of timely Monsoon had relieved the people from the scorching heat and also the farmers who had started sowing in their farms. The city and the areas in the outskirts experienced heavy winds blowing with the speed of 31.2kms/hour and soon after heavy showers of rain were experienced in the entire city. The Chikalthana Observatory has recorded 57.8mm rainfall between 4pm and 11.30pm.