Rain in Delhi
Monsoon usually arrives in the national capital Delhi on 30 June. But heavy rains two days before normal washed away all the claims of Delhi officials and civic agencies. The heavy rains in Delhi on Thursday night and early Friday morning have broken the record of 88 years.
Due to this torrential rain, Delhi’s roads have been waterlogged. There is a situation of traffic jam at many places. This heavy rain has disrupted normal life in Delhi. The administration will have to make better plans and preparations to deal with such emergency situations.
Pre-monsoon rains have turned roads into rivers
The capital Delhi has been struggling with drinking water crisis for the past few months. Aam Aadmi Party has also made serious allegations against BJP regarding the water crisis. On the other hand, as soon as it rained, BJP councilor Ravindra Negi started swimming with the children’s boat and started paddling. Pre-monsoon rains have turned roads into rivers.
Water fills up every year
During monsoon, as soon as the rain starts, the underpasses of Delhi get filled with water. This not only causes terrible traffic jams, but many times people also lose their lives. Every year it is claimed that this time there will be no waterlogging, contrary to this claim, the drainage system fails as soon as it rains.
There are many critical places in Delhi where many arrangements were made to end waterlogging. Despite this, waterlogging occurs here every year. Like last year, life was disrupted due to waterlogging at 8 critical places in Delhi. These 8 critical places are Minto Bridge, Azadpur Underpass, under Zakhira Flyover, Loni Gol Chakkar, Jahangirpuri Metro Station Kanjhawala Road, Ring Road, location in front of WHO and Prahladpur Bridge.
Waterlogging caused problems at the underpass
Due to heavy rains in Delhi on Thursday night and Friday morning, a large amount of water has accumulated in Badarpur and Pul Prahladpur underpasses in South Delhi. This has stopped the movement of vehicles. The pumps that drain out water from the underpass have also failed. Due to this, people had to face heavy traffic jams in the morning at Pul Prahladpur, Badarpur Border, Sarita Vihar on MB Road.
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Car stuck in waterlogging near Minto Bridge
A car got stuck due to waterlogging in the underpass on Minto Road in Delhi. The same situation occurs every time in the rainy season at the Minto Road underpass. On the other hand, Delhi Mayor Shaili Oberoi claims that along with sensitive locations, many such places have been marked in Friday’s rain, on which work will be done in the coming days.
However, it was claimed that the Deputy Commissioners of Irrigation and Flood, PWD, Delhi Jal Board and MCD are working on the marked spots of waterlogging. This situation will not be seen after today. Shaili also claimed deployment of officers at ITPO, Kishanganj, Barapullah in South Delhi. Traffic was disrupted due to a tree falling on Subhash Road in Gandhinagar, Delhi.
Traffic police became active
After heavy rains in Delhi, many roads have become ponds. In such a situation, now the traffic police has issued an advisory and advised not to go on many roads. According to the traffic police, due to waterlogging under the Dhaula Kuan flyover, traffic is affected on both the ring roads from Narayana to Moti Bagh and beyond it.
The police have advised people not to go on these routes. Apart from this, traffic is also affected on both carriageways from INA to AIIMS on Aurobindo Marg. Traffic is affected on Veer Banda Bairagi Marg due to waterlogging at Azad Market underpass. Traffic is also affected on the Outer Ring Road on both carriageways from Shantivan to ISBT due to waterlogging near Salimgarh and Nigambodh Ghat.
300 water-logging hot spots were marked
According to the data of the Meteorological Department, Rain in Delhi has received 228 mm of rain from 8.30 am on Thursday to 8.30 am on Friday. This is the highest rainfall in 24 hours in the month of June after 1936. On June 28 that year, 235.5 mm of rain was recorded. Due to waterlogging in the country’s capital Delhi, people had to face traffic jams. Delhi has received 228 mm of rain in 24 hours. The rain has broken the record of 90 years. The Delhi government had made preparations for the monsoon. 300 water-logging hot spots have been identified after last year’s floods.