Early morning rain lashes Delhi; waterlogging leads to traffic jams
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also issued a yellow alert for two days -- Wednesday and Thursday -- which predicts moderate rainfall on both days.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) also issued a yellow alert for two days -- Wednesday and Thursday -- which predicts moderate rainfall on both days.
Thanks to the downpour, the temperature dropped 2.5 points. The IMD recorded the maximum temperature at 33.8 degree Celsius while the minimum settled at 24.8 degrees C.
Delhi Congress president Devender Yadav accused AAP government and MCD of failure to deal with the situation arising from monsoon rain.
Earlier, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted moderate rainfall for Monday. It again predicted moderate rainfall for Tuesday and issued a yellow.
The Delhi BJP chief accused the Delhi Minister of continuing with political theatrics and false statements while the people continued to face the problem.
As the water from the canal that supplies water from Haryana to Delhi started flowing out from the point of breach, it led to massive waterlogging in several parts of a colony in the Bawana area, throwing the residents' life out of gear.
Traffic movement was restricted at Azad Market underpass in the carriageway from Azad Market towards Shastri Nagar in the morning due to waterlogging.
With the city going through the rainiest month of the year, the Eastern Railway has geared up for the monsoons.
Saxena made the statement while lauding the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for its efforts in constructing the airport drain, as a result of which the IGI Airport remained free of waterlogging despite the recent record downpour.
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