By IANS,
Patna : The much-awaited monsoon rains hit Patna Sunday afternoon leading to water logging in several low lying areas of the state capital. Heavy rains also lashed other parts of Bihar much to the relief of people, who were praying for rains to get rid of unbearable heat.
Minutes after heavy rains lashed Patna, hundreds of people including old, young and children danced, sang and offered prayers in welcome.
“Monsoon rains have finally hit Bihar. Heavy rains lashed differed parts of Bihar marking the arrival of monsoon,” meteorological department director S.I. Lashkar said.
Lashkar said that rain will continue across the state Monday too. Heavy rains were reported in Bhagalpur district and adjoining areas. “In the next few hours, rains will hit many districts across the state,” he said.
In Patna, water logging was reported in Kankarbagh, Rajendra Nagar, Boring Road, Frazer Road and other parts following the rains.
Elated over rains, people, particularly farmers, who were worried till Saturday and held special prayers to invoke the rain gods, celebrated. “It is a sign of life for us,” Ravindra Mahto, a farmer here, said.
Mahto said that the delay in the arrival of monsoon was giving sleepless nights to farmers, as nearly two-thirds of agriculture is dependent on the rains and two-thirds of the state’s population is dependent on agriculture.
Anxious farmers Saturday organised a wedding of frogs in a small village in the state’s Darbhanga district to appease the rain gods. According to folk beliefs, such marriage of frogs will bring rains.