August rains joy and fun on weekends

CHANDIGARH: Naresh Malhotra, a businessman from Sector 18 and his family have been having nice outings on weekends of late, all thanks to the rains, making the weather really pleasant. And Naresh is not the only one, who has been making the most of the good weather, as there are many families in the city, who have been having a pleasurable time, with rain drenching the city on each weekend of this month (but for August 4 and 5).It rained this Saturday too and the meteorological department predicts rainfall on Sunday too.
On Saturday, August 11, 13.4mm rainfall was recorded and on Sunday, August 12, it had drizzled, while a cool breeze blew all day. The next Saturday that is August 18, the rainfall stood at 6.4mm, while on Sunday, August 19, Chandigarh received a rainfall of 31.4mm. On Saturday, August 25, there was 3.5mm of rainfall. These figures show that the weekends were pleasant for city residents. This week too witnessed rainfall on almost everyday and that is the reason that the temperature has come down.
Lakhveer Singh, a resident of Sector 33 said that as it had rained on last Saturday (August 18) too , so he and his family had gone uphill to Kasauli to unwind and had a great time there. “Earlier, I had been avoiding going to Sukhna Lake due to the hot temperature but for the past couple of weekends I have been going there with my family and friends. We take home-made food there and have a little picnic of our own,” smiled Aman Verma of Sector 11. Gurjeet Singh, a resident of Sector 44 said that he and his family had opted for shopping on August 11, a Saturday, as it had rained and the next day, the family had gone to Yadavindra Gardens in Pinjore and spent the entire day in natural environs.