Delhi climate: Rain woes proceed in metropolis, extra showers anticipated right now as IMD points ‘yellow’ alert | Delhi Information

Met dept has issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Monday

NEW DELHI: A number of elements of Delhi skilled an intense downpour on Sunday night, following a reasonable spell of rain in some areas earlier within the day. The climate precipitated three Delhi-bound flights to be diverted, whereas over 50 flights have been delayed at IGI Airport.
Rain is prone to proceed on Monday, with the Met division issuing a ‘yellow’ alert for mild to reasonable showers.
SPS Mayur Vihar in east Delhi obtained the utmost rainfall on Sunday, logging 56 mm between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. On Saturday, Mayur Vihar reported 66 mm of rainfall.
From 8.30 am to eight.30 pm on Sunday, Safdarjung – the town’s base station – obtained 28.8 mm of rainfall, Palam obtained 45.2mm, and Najafgarh logged 28.5mm of rainfall. Till 5.30pm, Ayanagar recorded 49.4 mm of rainfall, Gurgaon 80 mm, and Lodhi Highway 30.8 mm.
“The monsoon trough is close to its regular place, and a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Rajasthan and neighboring areas. Below the affect of those programs, Delhi noticed a lightweight to reasonable spell of rain,” mentioned a Met official.
India Meteorological Division has positioned a ‘yellow’ alert for mild to reasonable rain for Wednesday and Thursday too, with the potential of mild showers on Friday and Saturday.
The utmost temperature on Sunday dropped to 31 levels Celsius, three notches under regular and 1.8 levels decrease than Saturday’s most. The relative humidity ranged from 91-100%. The minimal temperature was 26 levels Celsius, one diploma under regular.
Up to now in Aug, Safdarjung has obtained 185 mm of rainfall, in opposition to the conventional of 233.1 mm for the whole month.
The air high quality remained within the ‘passable’ class on Sunday with an AQI of 69. It’s anticipated to remain in the identical class till Aug 14.
In the meantime, elements of the town, significantly outer Delhi areas like Najafgarh and Mundka, confronted waterlogging on Sunday.
In keeping with Public Works Division (PWD) flood management room, a complete of 40 complaints have been obtained all through the day, with solely three being resolved by night. Whereas waterlogging occurred on the Pul Prahladpur underpass, it didn’t disrupt site visitors. Nevertheless, waterlogging on the Najafgarh-Dhansa highway led to site visitors disruptions.
‘In Mundka and Najafgarh, response groups have been deployed to take away water from the roads,” mentioned a PWD official.
PWD can be planning to restore a drain between Zakhira and the Raja Backyard flyover, which is anticipated to handle the recurring problem of waterlogging on Najafgarh highway.
Visitors was impacted on the Mehrauli-Badarpur Highway within the carriageway from Khanpur in the direction of Hamdara attributable to extreme waterlogging. Equally, vehicular motion was hindered on the Outer Ring Highway from Chirag Delhi attributable to water accumulation underneath the Savitri flyover.
Municipal Company of Delhi (MCD) mentioned they obtained complaints of waterlogging from 12 areas, whereas falling of tress was reported from 5 locations. “We obtained complaints of waterlogging from Rohini, Prem Nagar (Najafgarh), Naraina Industrial Space, Dwarka Sector 19, Raja Puri (Uttam Nagar), Netaji Subhash Place (Pitampura), Indra Vikas Colony (Mukherjee Nagar), and Laxmi Vihar (Navada),” acknowledged an MCD central management room report.
MCD officers claimed that each one management rooms in its 12 zones have been totally operational to obtain complaints and act promptly. Nevertheless, residents continued to complain about incomplete desilting work on drains.