Unrelenting rains threw normal life out of gear in northern India with major rivers swelling dangerously causing flooding in several low-lying areas. Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash most places in Punjab and Haryana as the water level of Yamuna rose further. Officials said, authorities have sounded alert in many villages in Sonipat. In the national capital, heavy rains lashed most areas, inflating the Yamuna with authorities shifting people living in low-lying areas. The river is flowing above the 22 cm above the danger mark. Delhi, which witnessed the wettest August in the last 15 years, received 44.10 mm of rainfall since Friday. In Uttar Pradesh, flood-like situation prevailed in several districts as major rivers continued to swell due to heavy rainfall. According to the report of the Central Water Commission, Ganga River was rising at almost all the places in the state including Fatehgarh, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Mirzapur, Allahabad, Rae Bareli, Kanpur, and Gumtia. Yamuna was flowing marginally below danger mark in Mathura and swelling at Agra, Etawah, Kalpi, Hamirpur, Banda and Naini in Allahabad. A man was killed after being buried under boulders near Srinagar town in Uttarakhand, as moderate to rather heavy rains paralyzed normal life in the State. Many areas of Garhwal and Kumaon received moderate to heavy rainfall with Dehra Dun recording 106 mm of rainfall. A cloudburst hit the rear side of the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas but there is no report of any casualty. A police spokesman said, this triggered a sudden rise in the water-level of the stream flowing near the area. He said, three tents were damaged in the incident but there was no loss of life. The last batch of 77 pilgrims left Jammu yesterday for onward journey to the cave shrine. The yatra is set to conclude tomorrow.