Patna, Feb. 13: Chief minister Nitish Kumar today gave lovebirds the licence to celebrate Valentine’s Day but rain gods may not be as kind.

On the eve of the D-day, Nitish said: “Pyaar par koi pehra nahi hai (There is no restriction on love). I no more belong to that age to celebrate the Valentine’s Day, let the youths enjoy.”

While Nitish made it clear there was no restriction on love in Bihar, the city skies were cloudy. Drizzle started a little later, giving adventurous lovebirds a scare on the eve of Valentine’s Day. Some might have to tinker with their dating plan.

Amar Nath, an employee of a public sector undertaking in the state capital, said: “I had taken a day off from my office for going to Rajgir with my girlfriend on Valentine’s Day. But looking at the weather conditions today, I think rain might play a spoilsport.”

The Met department officials did not make any sunny prediction for tomorrow. The skies will remain cloudy. It will drizzle, off and on.

“The overcast weather condition will lead to a rise in the minimum temperature tomorrow. But there will be a fall in the day temperature. The minimum temperature tomorrow will be around 11°C and the maximum will be about 19°C, five degrees lower than that recorded today,” said Ashish Sen, the director of Patna Met department.

The Met department said the cloudy condition today was the fallout of early arrival of a western disturbance.

“A western disturbance that prevailed over Jammu and Kashmir last Saturday reached Bihar today. It was supposed to hit the state around February 15. But it arrived early, causing rainfall in the city. The arrival of westerly wind has caused a change in the wind direction from north-west to south with very high moisture content. Like its early arrival, the cloud cover will clear in advance, latest by tomorrow evening.”

Officials of the Met department said the city recorded 0.4mm rainfall today. The precipitation in Gaya was intermittent (less than 0.1mm).

Few capital residents were caught unawares by the sudden rainfall in the afternoon. “It was a bright day around 8am when I left for the college. On my way back home around 2.30pm, it suddenly started raining. Though it did not rain much, I had to take shelter in a shopping complex near Dak Bungalow Chowk,” said Abhinav Kumar, a student of Patna Commerce College.

Strict police vigil

Patna city superintendent of police Kim told The Telegraph police would take all precautionary measures on Valentine’s Day. She visited all the parks in the state capital.

“All the police stations have been asked to be on alert and a strict vigil will be maintained. All the mobile units of different police stations have been asked to continuously patrol their respective areas throughout the day. Policemen and lady police officers would be present in civil dress places popular among youngsters. Those hanging out should maintain decency,” said Kim.