11
Aug
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): The Meteorological Centre in Chandigarh issued a yellow alert for heavy downpours at isolated places in Pathankot, Hoshiarpur, and Rupnagar districts on Tuesday, forecasting partly cloudy skies and light showers for Chandigarh. The state's average maximum temperature dropped by 1.3 degrees Celsius, with Gurdaspur recording a high of 35.8 degrees Celsius, while Chandigarh recorded 31.5 degrees Celsius—two degrees below the seasonal norm. Showers were recorded across five districts on Monday, with Amritsar receiving the highest rainfall at 53 mm. Light precipitation was recorded at Pathankot's Thein Dam and Rupnagar's Ropar KVK, alongside trace rainfall in Ludhiana and…