After a week long lashing of rains this July Noida people greeted the sight of blue skies with pleasure.
The incessant rains had wreaked havoc with heavy water-logging and traffic jams across the length and breadth of the city. Read more about it here. The skies were quite a contrast with the one in above photo during those days when it was raining cats and dogs. More images of dark cover of clouds in Noida here.
The entire second week of July was wet, wet and wet!
Only by Sunday the rains stopped in the evening and Monday had clearer skies. While the rains were a welcome breather, from the hot-humid conditions that had built up in the city for so many weeks, but the chaos it created was troublesome.
Rains meant 'No maid day'. Not just her the koodawala (garbage collector boy) won't turn up. The black bags of garbage had piled up and started to reek a foul smell. The laundry pile was another eyesore with clothes refusing to dry. The office goers were at the receiving end of traffic snarls. Kids had their share of misery with no going out and play. But kids somehow find a way to enjoy. The rains meant paper boat races and rain dances of a jolly kind.
It's business as usual in Noida!
The worst hit by rains are the daily wage earners- the likes of vegetable-fruit sellers, redhiwala, rickshawala. The street hawkers must be thanking their stars now for rains mean slim business or nothing at all. Somewhere in a nearby village of Dadri area farmers had a bad fate with their standing crop destroyed completely as the fields got inundated. On the other hand, the paddy growers are happy to receive good rainfall and are now busy with the sowing of the paddy crop in full swing.
Now with the bright sunny days back in Noida people too are getting on with the daily grind. The hawkers and squatters are back on pavements leaving little room for you to walk. Our domestic help too returned soon full of stories of water logging in her area. Thankfully, power supply did not trouble this time. Probably it had its share of limelight earlier in June when the power transmission tower fell down. So pretty much life is back on track, Noidawalas enjoy the mundane!
Earlier articles on Rains in Noida:
Rain Pain in Noida | July 12, 2015
Rain BringsRespite in Noida | June 22, 2015
Rain, Rain and Drains in Noida | July 10, 2013
Flood Alarm in Noida | June 25, 2013
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The incessant rains had wreaked havoc with heavy water-logging and traffic jams across the length and breadth of the city. Read more about it here. The skies were quite a contrast with the one in above photo during those days when it was raining cats and dogs. More images of dark cover of clouds in Noida here.
The entire second week of July was wet, wet and wet!
Only by Sunday the rains stopped in the evening and Monday had clearer skies. While the rains were a welcome breather, from the hot-humid conditions that had built up in the city for so many weeks, but the chaos it created was troublesome.
Rains meant 'No maid day'. Not just her the koodawala (garbage collector boy) won't turn up. The black bags of garbage had piled up and started to reek a foul smell. The laundry pile was another eyesore with clothes refusing to dry. The office goers were at the receiving end of traffic snarls. Kids had their share of misery with no going out and play. But kids somehow find a way to enjoy. The rains meant paper boat races and rain dances of a jolly kind.
It's business as usual in Noida!
The worst hit by rains are the daily wage earners- the likes of vegetable-fruit sellers, redhiwala, rickshawala. The street hawkers must be thanking their stars now for rains mean slim business or nothing at all. Somewhere in a nearby village of Dadri area farmers had a bad fate with their standing crop destroyed completely as the fields got inundated. On the other hand, the paddy growers are happy to receive good rainfall and are now busy with the sowing of the paddy crop in full swing.
Now with the bright sunny days back in Noida people too are getting on with the daily grind. The hawkers and squatters are back on pavements leaving little room for you to walk. Our domestic help too returned soon full of stories of water logging in her area. Thankfully, power supply did not trouble this time. Probably it had its share of limelight earlier in June when the power transmission tower fell down. So pretty much life is back on track, Noidawalas enjoy the mundane!
Earlier articles on Rains in Noida:
Rain Pain in Noida | July 12, 2015
Rain BringsRespite in Noida | June 22, 2015
Rain, Rain and Drains in Noida | July 10, 2013
Flood Alarm in Noida | June 25, 2013
All Rain related posts on the blog
Subscribe to Noida Diary by Email for the latest in Noida here. Connect with us on our Facebook page Noida Diary or our Twitter handle by clicking the links.
Disclaimer: The details provided in this blog are for information purposes only. Efforts have been made to check the veracity of these details. However, neither Noida Diary nor Bushra Muzaffar take any responsibility for any error or omission.
Images are taken by the author Bushra Muzaffar for Noida Diary. Permission is explicitly denied for any republication of text or images in this post without prior express written consent of the author, Bushra Muzaffar.
Nice post Bushra
ReplyDeleteThanks for the read Gurunath!
DeleteSo Noida goes back to normal after rain, good for everyone.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice day Bushra :)
Thankfully yes ...sometimes normal is greatt :)
Deletelovely :)
ReplyDelete:) Thanks for dropping by Archana!
DeleteThis routine life too is good. :)
ReplyDeleteYes Indrani...after a break routine seems to be the best bet :)
DeleteLove your articles, Bushra. So rightly said, rainy day is equal to no maid day and that's quite a huge problem.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Purba! Yup..a day without the help around is a very arduous one...a long day in fact :/ But I am glad everything is back on track now :)
DeleteGrrrrr!!! I am not liking this, it was so beautiful now again garmi.. Ugh..
ReplyDeleteI know Anjali...humidity levels have increased since then...and we had some light rains recently...so kind of on off pleasant here. Hope you too are having lighter rains. That ways the weather remains pleasant and there is no worry of accompanying problems also :)
DeleteDays get even more humid after heavy rains. Good luck for that. :P
ReplyDeleteYou are bang on the point with humidity, lady :) But it rained a little bit as soon as the humidity levels were too much for everyone's comfort...thank God for that :) Thanks for dropping by Deeshani!
DeleteLovely captures, Bushra. Liked the definition of rainy day as no maid day. Very true. :D
ReplyDeleteHehe...ya it invariably happens :D Thanks for the read Ravish!
DeletePune is seeing some good rain this year though late
ReplyDeleteGood to know that Shamsud. Enjoy the rains :)
DeleteI'm a Delhiite and I love rains but they can be a nuisance so many times. Trees fell down in my locality. Thankfully no power transmission tower fell.
ReplyDeleteGlad for the power supply...power cuts add to the nuisance on a rainy day. We certainly had heavy rains that week in Delhi-NCR, Anmol. Thanks for dropping by!
DeleteWow! the pictures are beautiful...
ReplyDeleteThank you Noopur!
DeleteHow we strive to get back to the mundane, after any changes to our routine! As much as we look forward to rains, after a couple of days the inconvenience that comes along with rains, makes us want to go back to the dry days (pun intended) :)
ReplyDeleteyup...true hehe :)
DeleteGurgaon is also back to the grind with humidity.
ReplyDeleteGlad to know that Mridula..it would have been great sans humidity though :)
DeleteNice snaps, I must say. But there are no rains here after the initial few days... :(
ReplyDeleteOhh..hope you get rains soon sans any problems. Thanks for the read!
DeleteHey keep posting such good and meaningful articles.
ReplyDeleteGlad you liked these articles. Thanks for reading!
DeleteHappy Id Mubarak greetings to you and your loved ones!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your kind wishes, Indrani!
Deletenoida is always messy...be it rains sun or cold!!!
ReplyDeleteI used to have office in noida and hated it every day!!!
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:( it isn't that bad..now that everything is back on track. There are so many praiseworthy things in Noida I have been writing about...Well, like everywhere else, all things do come with a rider here. Take for example the roads of Noida are great, but not the traffic sense of people :)
DeleteNow I'm bored by these nagging overcast days... But sunny humid days in between are no less hateful :-/
ReplyDeleteThe intermittent rain are a blessing..whenever humidity levels are too high for anyone's comfort. But ya...it should be sunny sans any humidity :)
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