Day After Record Rain, Delhi-NCR Locals Wake up to Heavy Downpour; to Continue for Next 2 Hrs: IMD

For the third straight day on Thursday, citizens in Delhi-NCR awakened to heavy downpour and thunderstorms. The Indian Meteorological Department has said that moderate to heavy intensity rain would continue over many parts of Delhi and adjoining areas during subsequent two hours.

“Thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would occur over some parts of Delhi-NCR ( Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Indirapuram), Modinagar, Bagpat, Khekra (U.P.). Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would continue )over and adjoining areas of few places of Delhi-NCR ( Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar) Hissar, Gannaur (Haryana) Daurala, Meerut, Kithor, Garhmukteshwar (U.P.) during next two hours,” IMD said.

Meanwhile, Delhi Police alerted that the traffic movement is closed at Azad market underpass(both carriageway) thanks to waterlogging.

On Wednesday, record rain in Delhi created mayhem as many parts of the town , including Chanakyapuri, Connaught Place, ITO, Janpath and bypass , were flooded, throwing traffic out of drugs across the capital . consistent with India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi recorded 112.1 mm rainfall in 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Wednesday, the very best single-day precipitation in September in 19 years.

The capital had recorded 126.8 mm rainfall on September 13, 2002. The all-time record is 172.6 mm rainfall on September 16, 1963. the town gauged 75.6 mm rainfall in only three hours starting at 8.30 am on Wednesday. Commuters had a harrowing time because the traffic crawled on several key stretches thanks to extensive waterlogging at many places.

Some of the important areas that saw major waterlogging included Diplomatic Enclave of Chanakyapuri, Lodhi Road, Connaught Place, Minto Road underpass, Panchkuian road, Janpath, Akbar Road, roads near India Gate, Vasant Kunj, Ring Road, and Rohtak Road. People took to different social media platforms and uploaded videos of inundated streets, colonies and markets.