Heavy rain leads to waterlogging in Delhi-NCR, 2 injured in wall collapse
Parts of Delhi-NCR received heavy to moderate rainfall for the second successive day, causing waterlogging and massive traffic jams on Saturday. In Dwarka, two people sustained injuries due to the collapse of a wall of a school after a tree fell on it, PTI reported.
Police said a tree got uprooted amid heavy rain in Dwarka’s Baba Haridas Nagar, and it fell on the wall of an MCD school, causing it to collapse. The two men, who were taking shelter, got trapped under the tree and the debris. They were rescued by locals and rushed to a hospital. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had sounded an orange alert for many parts of Delhi-NCR, predicting light to moderate rain or thunderstorms accompanied by gusty wind (30-40 km/hour).Waterlogging was reported in several places in East Delhi, South East Delhi and Central Delhi. In an advisory, the Delhi Traffic Police said traffic was affected on Rohtak Road and vehicles were being diverted.
“Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road on the carriageway from Nangloi towards Tikri Border due to potholes and water logging. Kindly avoid Mundka and take an alternate route accordingly,” it posted on X.
The Lodhi Road observatory recorded 12 mm rainfall from 11.30 pm on Friday till 2.30 am on Saturday, the IMD said. The incessant rainfall brought Delhi’s minimum temperature down to 25.8 degrees Celsius – 1.2 degrees below the season’s average.
