Just Delhi things: Videos expose capital's mess on monsoon's first day
Just Delhi things: Videos expose capital's mess on monsoon's first day
Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Friday, resulting in a flood-like situation in many areas. The rainfall, which began early today, brought the national capital to a standstill forcing vehicles to crawl amid massive traffic jams.
Photos and videos shared on social media showed several areas inundated with water, leading to long traffic jams which affected commuters, especially, office-goers. It also brought to the spotlight the city's shaky infrastructure after a canopy at the departure area of Delhi Airport's Terminal 1 collapsed killing one and injuring several others after heavy rains.
Besides, several labourers were feared to be trapped when an under-construction wall in Vasant Vihar collapsed.
How rains impacted the people of Delhi-NCR?
In Delhi-NCR, videos showed several vehicles submerged in water following heavy rainfall and long traffic jams were reported in many areas creating inconvenience for office-goers. Moreover, some showed locals wading through waist-deep water..
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, sharing a video of the situation outside his residence, said he woke up to find his entire home under a foot of water. "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," he wrote.
In another video, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav could be seen being lifted by his staff members to his car since the area outside his house was flooded with water. A video showed BJP Councillor Ravinder Singh Negi rowing a boat on a waterlogged street.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) data, 228.1 mm of rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung, the city's primary weather station, 192.8 mm at Lodhi Road, Mausam Bhavan, 150.4 mm at Ridge, 106.6 mm at Palam, and 66.3 mm at Ayanagar in the last 20 to 30 hours.
The IMD, which defines very heavy rain as rainfall amounting to between 124.5 and 244.4 mm in a day, said later in the morning that the monsoon has arrived. The downpour began around 3 am.