New Delhi: Parts of Delhi-NCR experienced heavy to moderate rainfall for the second consecutive day, leading to widespread waterlogging and severe traffic jams on Saturday. In Dwarka, two people were injured when a wall of a school collapsed after a tree fell on it.
According to the police, a tree was uprooted amid heavy rain in Dwarka's Baba Haridas Nagar and crashed into the wall of an MCD school, causing it to collapse. Two men, who were taking shelter nearby, were trapped under the tree and the debris. Local residents quickly rescued them and rushed them to a hospital for treatment. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an orange alert for several parts of Delhi-NCR, forecasting light to moderate rain or thunderstorms, accompanied by gusty winds of 30-40 km/hour.
Waterlogging was reported in various areas of East Delhi, South East Delhi, and Central Delhi. The Delhi Traffic Police issued an advisory stating that traffic was disrupted on Rohtak Road, with vehicles being diverted due to the situation. "Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road on the carriageway from Nangloi towards Tikri Border due to potholes and waterlogging. Kindly avoid Mundka and take an alternate route accordingly," the police posted on X (formerly Twitter).
Images circulating on social media showed the cargo area of Delhi airport completely submerged in water. The Lodhi Road observatory recorded 12 mm of rainfall between 11:30 pm on Friday and 2:30 am on Saturday, according to the IMD. The persistent rain brought Delhi's minimum temperature down to 25.8 degrees Celsius, which is 1.2 degrees below the season's average.
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