The much-awaited arrival of rain in Delhi-NCR was marked by wide-scale water-logging, miles-long site visitors snarls and energy cuts. The heavy downpour additionally led to some incidents together with collapse of Delhi airport’s Terminal -1 roof main to lack of life and property.
The file downpour introduced town to a standstill with folks taking to social media platforms complaining about water-logged roads and submerged automobiles. Thousands of commuters have been stranded in varied components of town, not having the ability to make it to workplace or lacking flights. The heavy rains has additionally begun impacting provide of consuming water.
“Due to backflow of rain water during heavy rain in the morning on June 28, the clear water pump house developed a major fault resulting in complete stoppage of pumping. Due to this, evening water supply from Chandrawal WW-II got affected on 28th June,. 2024 and further water supply will remain affected on 29th June, .2024 also,” the Delhi Jal Board acknowledged on X.
Emergency assembly
Chairing an emergency assembly, Delhi’s Lt Governor VK Saxena took inventory of the state of affairs and directed officers to take rapid steps for relieving the state of affairs. “It is shocking that the Flood Control Order & desilting of drains that should have been issued and completed by 15th June, 2024, are yet pending. The Flood Control Order, normally issued after the Apex Committee meeting chaired by Hon’ble CM is pending with the Hon’ble Minister,” he acknowledged on X.
Later within the day in a press convention, Delhi Minister Atishi mentioned ,”It was after 1936 that Delhi obtained 228 mm of rainfall in 24 hours. It means, out of whole monsoon rainfall (800 mm) in Delhi, 25 per cent rain occurred in simply 24 hours. Due to this purpose, drain overflow occurred in a number of areas and it took time for the water to drain out.”
She mentioned that it has been determined that a 24×7 management room shall be arrange and shall be manned by officers of the MCD and PWD. “ Every department will form a quick response team. All the water-pumps will be checked and the status of mobile pumps will also be reviewed,” she added. The Government of NCT, Delhi (GNCTD) has requested site visitors police, MLAs, Councillors and Corporators to present a record of water-logged locations to give you the option to present reduction to residents.
Water logging contained in the underpass at Pragati Maidan closed for site visitors due to heavy rains, in New Delhi on Friday
| Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA
Key tunnels, together with the one at Pragati Maidan, have been flooded and closed. There have been reviews of water-logging at houses and roads in a number of components of town together with Lutyens Delhi, Hauz Khas, South Extension and Mayur Vihar. Citizens confirmed movies of wading in waist-deep water. Member of Parliaments Manish Tewari and Shashi Tharoor additionally put up movies of areas close to their houses being flooded.
“Woke up to find my entire home under a foot of water — every room. Carpets and furniture, indeed anything on the ground, ruined. Apparently the storm water drains in the neighbourhood are all clogged so the water had no place to go. And they switched off the electricity since 6 am for fear of electrocuting people,” mentioned Shashi Tharoor on X..