NEW DELHI: A number of components of Delhi skilled an intense downpour on Sunday night, following a average spell of rain in some areas earlier within the day. The climate brought about three Delhi-bound flights to be diverted, whereas over 50 flights had been delayed at IGI Airport.
Rain is prone to proceed on Monday, with the Met division issuing a ‘yellow’ alert for gentle to average showers.
SPS Mayur Vihar in east Delhi acquired the utmost rainfall on Sunday, logging 56 mm between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. On Saturday, Mayur Vihar reported 66 mm of rainfall.
From 8.30 am to eight.30 pm on Sunday, Safdarjung – town’s base station – acquired 28.8 mm of rainfall, Palam acquired 45.2mm, and Najafgarh logged 28.5mm of rainfall. Till 5.30pm, Ayanagar recorded 49.4 mm of rainfall, Gurgaon 80 mm, and Lodhi Highway 30.8 mm.
“The monsoon trough is close to its regular place, and a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Rajasthan and neighboring areas. Underneath the affect of those techniques, Delhi noticed a lightweight to average spell of rain,” stated a Met official.
India Meteorological Division has positioned a ‘yellow’ alert for gentle to average rain for Wednesday and Thursday too, with the potential of gentle showers on Friday and Saturday.
The utmost temperature on Sunday dropped to 31 levels Celsius, three notches beneath regular and 1.8 levels decrease than Saturday’s most. The relative humidity ranged from 91-100%. The minimal temperature was 26 levels Celsius, one diploma beneath regular.
Thus far in Aug, Safdarjung has acquired 185 mm of rainfall, in opposition to the traditional of 233.1 mm for the complete month.
The air high quality remained within the ‘passable’ class on Sunday with an AQI of 69. It’s anticipated to remain in the identical class till Aug 14.
In the meantime, components of town, significantly outer Delhi areas like Najafgarh and Mundka, confronted waterlogging on Sunday.
In keeping with Public Works Division (PWD) flood management room, a complete of 40 complaints had been acquired all through the day, with solely three being resolved by night. Whereas waterlogging occurred on the Pul Prahladpur underpass, it didn’t disrupt visitors. Nonetheless, waterlogging on the Najafgarh-Dhansa highway led to visitors disruptions.
‘In Mundka and Najafgarh, response groups have been deployed to take away water from the roads,” stated a PWD official.
PWD can also be planning to restore a drain between Zakhira and the Raja Backyard flyover, which is anticipated to handle the recurring subject of waterlogging on Najafgarh highway.
Visitors was impacted on the Mehrauli-Badarpur Highway within the carriageway from Khanpur in the direction of Hamdara as a result of extreme waterlogging. Equally, vehicular motion was hindered on the Outer Ring Highway from Chirag Delhi as a result of water accumulation below the Savitri flyover.
Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) stated they acquired complaints of waterlogging from 12 areas, whereas falling of tress was reported from 5 locations. “We acquired complaints of waterlogging from Rohini, Prem Nagar (Najafgarh), Naraina Industrial Space, Dwarka Sector 19, Raja Puri (Uttam Nagar), Netaji Subhash Place (Pitampura), Indra Vikas Colony (Mukherjee Nagar), and Laxmi Vihar (Navada),” acknowledged an MCD central management room report.
MCD officers claimed that each one management rooms in its 12 zones had been absolutely operational to obtain complaints and act promptly. Nonetheless, residents continued to complain about incomplete desilting work on drains.
