Summary:
The mild intermittent showers continued throughout the night and residents woke up to a clear sky and a comparatively cold day. Amritsar, June 17The showers late on Saturday evening brought a double delight for the residents as it, besides reducing the temperature, washed away the dust blanket that had covered the region for the last two days. Meanwhile, the agrarian community, too, welcomed the showers as paddy transplantation would start after three days and the moisture in the soil would make puddling of their fields easy. “Had it not been a government order to transplant paddy after June 20, the last nights showers will have increased the pace of transplantation. Medical experts said the showers were much needed as it had not rained for a long and dust particles were floating in the air..