Daylong rain cripples Delhi on Raksha Bandhan
The nationwide capital witnessed relentless rain on Raksha Bandhan, starting Friday in a single day, bringing a lot of the metropolis to a standstill and turning a number of residential colonies into digital swimming swimming pools.
Within the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Saturday, Safdarjung logged 78.7 mm, Pragati Maidan 100 mm, Lodhi Highway 80 mm, Pusa 69 mm, and Palam 31.8 mm.
Between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, the India Meteorological Division recorded an extra 25.9 mm of rainfall at Safdarjung.
Inundated stretches, uprooted bushes and unhealthy roads crippled most of Delhi.
Waterlogging and heavy jams have been reported all alongside the Ring Highway, Anand Parbat, New Rohtak Highway, Zakhira Railway Underpass, GTK Depot, Jahangirpuri, Adarsh Nagar, Panchkuian Marg, Mathura Highway, Shastri Bhawan, RK Puram, Moti Bagh, and Kidwai Nagar.
Pragati Maidan Tunnel, Dhaula Kuan, ITO, MB Highway close to the Sainik Farm stretch, Sarai Kale Khan, Defence Colony Underpass, Azadpur Market, Peeragarhi Chowk, Pul Prahladpur, Zakhira Underpass, and the world across the New Delhi Railway Station additionally noticed heavy site visitors jams.
Autos crawled on Dyal Singh School Highway (from Sunehari Pulla Bus Depot in the direction of JLN Stadium) on account of an uprooted tree close to JLN Metro Station Gate No. 1, and the Zakira Underpass was closed due to waterlogging.
Site visitors was diverted at Azad Market Railway Underpass, Ram Bagh Highway, and different flooded stretches.
The Delhi Site visitors Police issued a number of advisories on X.
“Commuters are suggested to keep away from the Zakira Underpass and take different routes by way of Highway No. 40, Swami Narayan Marg, and New Rohtak Highway to achieve Karol Bagh and West Delhi areas,” it stated on X.
One other advisory urged folks to go for Delhi Metro companies.
On Saturday, Delhi recorded a most temperature of 30 levels Celsius, two notches under regular, whereas the minimal settled at 23.8 levels Celsius, 3.2 levels under the seasonal common, based on the IMD.
The Delhi PWD acquired at the least 30 calls concerning waterlogging.
