Many parts of the national capital and its adjoining areas such as Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad remained flooded as heavy rain continued to lash the city for the second consecutive day, leading to water logging and traffic jams.
Delhi recorded 46 mm rainfall from 8:30 am Wednesday to 8:30 am on Thursday, as per the Safdarjung Observatory which provides accurate representative figures for the city. As per the reports, the city recorded 80 percent off its monsoon season’s rainfall in just 11 days.
Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over isolated places of entire Delhi, Greater Noida, Noida, Gurugram, Sohna, Palwal, Nuh, Faridabad, Bhallabhgarh, Chandpur and Hastinapur during the 60 minutes: IMD warned in a tweet.
The overnight rain brought the temperature drastically down to 27 degrees in the city. Meanwhile, poor civic infrastructure of the city also became a concern for the localites as half of the city submerged in water.
The blockage also led to heavy traffic disruption across Narela-Bawana road, Raja Garden flyover, Kasturba Underpass, MB Rad, Jhandewalan Mandir, Jhilmil underpass, Azadpur vegetable market, Sarai Pipal Thala, Jahangirpuri and Madanpur Khadar.
Amid the heavy rains, IndiGo airline advised its passengers to take extra precautions. “Delhi Rains have waterlogged several parts of the city and heavy traffic/road block is expected en route to Delhi Airport. Do keep a tab on live traffic and leave a little early for the airport,” IndiGo tweeted.
According to the weather department, Delhi will continue to receive more rainfall till August 23. The temperature would also decrease, ranging from 25 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius.
