Dehradun, Aug. 19 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 18 Aug: Uttarakhand is bracing itself for extremely trying weather conditions, with the Meteorological Department forecasting heavy rainfall in several regions over the coming week, a development that threatens to disrupt the proceedings of the Assembly session scheduled in Gairsain from tomorrow.

The Assembly session, set to begin tomorrow is expected to last till Friday. Earlier there was some speculation that the government may shift the monsoon session to Dehradun in view of the inclement weather, but this has not happened. However, heavy rainfall has been predicted by IMD's Dehradun Centre in district Chamoli over the next 48 hours and a rain alert has been sounded in the district. ...