The national capital New Delhi on Saturday reported six rain-related deaths, taking the toll to 11 in the first two days since the monsoon hit the city, even as authorities said they had taken strong measures to prevent the waterlogging in the coming days when the heavy rains have arrived. been predicted.
Two children drowned in a flooded underpass in northwest Delhi's Badli on Saturday, police said, adding that the stretch was flooded following heavy rains the previous day.
In Okhla, a 60-year-old man died after becoming trapped with his scooter in a waterlogged underpass. Digvijay Kumar Chaudhary is a resident of Jaitpur in Delhi.On Saturday morning, the bodies of three workers were pulled out from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in Vasant Vihar area amid heavy rains in the the day before, authorities said.
With six deaths reported on Saturday, the number of people killed in rain-related incidents in Delhi has risen to 11 in the last two days.
Monsoon arrived in Delhi on Friday morning. The national capital recorded 228.1 mm of rain on the first day, the highest since 1936 for the month of June. The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued an orange alert for Delhi, predicting heavy rainfall for the next two days.
According to the IMD, 8.9 mm of rain was recorded between 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm at the Safdarjung observatory, the city's main meteorological station, and 12.6 mm at the Lodhi Road observatory.
Moderate rain is defined as rainfall between 7.6 and 35.5 mm per day, and heavy rain is defined as rainfall between 64.5 and 124.4 mm per day. The IMD issues four color-coded warnings. colors: "green" (no action needed), "yellow" (observe and stay updated), "orange" (be prepared), and "red" (take action).
Heavy rain on Friday led to waterlogging in many parts of the city, including the Pragati Maidan tunnel, which also remained closed on Saturday. Drainage of water from the tunnel was still underway and is likely to be restored for operations by Saturday night, according to PWD officials.
A New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official said the civic body has intensified manpower deployment to handle waterlogging complaints and is monitoring areas falling under Lutyens' Delhi through CCTV cameras.The vice president of NDMC, Satish Upadhyay, said they have deployed four additional pumps on standby at Golf Links and Bharti Nagar, which witnessed excessive waterlogging on Friday.
"Three vehicle-mounted super vacs will continue to patrol vulnerable areas. We have also deployed additional personnel and canceled the leave of absence of all employees.
"Each vulnerable area has been assigned to a superintending engineer who is staffed to address the issues. NDMC's central command and control room will monitor all vulnerable areas through CCTV cameras," Upadhyay said. According to the NDMC, engineers Supervisors are now monitoring operations at vulnerable points to ensure timely interventions.
"We will ensure round-the-clock monitoring through CCTV cameras. CCTV cameras are installed for continuous monitoring of vulnerable areas," another official said.
According to PWD officials, all waterlogged places except Pragati Maidan tunnel have been drained. Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said that its central control room is functioning round the clock. An official said that mobile pumps of different capacity, super suction machines, excavators and other machines have been deployed at various places where waterlogging was found or reported through dedicated 24/7 zonal control rooms of the MCD.
"In total, 72 permanent pumping stations were operational and functioning as per requirement, besides 465 mobile/submersible pumps of different capacity were made available to remove waterlogging. Manpower was deployed appropriately also along with machines to release water quickly and steadily," he said.
Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena inspected the most severely affected areas and drainage systems in the city to assess the damage and monitor remedial measures, an official statement said on Saturday. Accompanied by Chief Secretary and NDMC chairman, MCD commissioner, PWD principal secretary and other senior officials, Saxena inspected drains at Taimur Nagar, Barapulla Drain, ITPO, Tilak Bridge, Kushak Nallah, Golf Links and Bharti Nagar, he said.
During his visits, Saxena found all these drains heavily clogged with garbage, debris and sludge, causing severe flooding in several parts of the city, the statement said.
Some parts of Delhi received rain on Saturday morning. Rohini and Burari were among the areas that received rain. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius. Extreme weather events are occurring in the national capital as weather experts said that during the entire monsoon season, Delhi receives almost 650 mm of rain.
In the first day of heavy rain this season, the capital received a third of the total monsoon rains on Friday.
Two children drowned in a flooded underpass in northwest Delhi's Badli on Saturday, police said, adding that the stretch was flooded following heavy rains the previous day.
In Okhla, a 60-year-old man died after becoming trapped with his scooter in a waterlogged underpass. Digvijay Kumar Chaudhary is a resident of Jaitpur in Delhi.On Saturday morning, the bodies of three workers were pulled out from the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site in Vasant Vihar area amid heavy rains in the the day before, authorities said.
With six deaths reported on Saturday, the number of people killed in rain-related incidents in Delhi has risen to 11 in the last two days.
Monsoon arrived in Delhi on Friday morning. The national capital recorded 228.1 mm of rain on the first day, the highest since 1936 for the month of June. The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) on Saturday issued an orange alert for Delhi, predicting heavy rainfall for the next two days.
According to the IMD, 8.9 mm of rain was recorded between 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm at the Safdarjung observatory, the city's main meteorological station, and 12.6 mm at the Lodhi Road observatory.
Moderate rain is defined as rainfall between 7.6 and 35.5 mm per day, and heavy rain is defined as rainfall between 64.5 and 124.4 mm per day. The IMD issues four color-coded warnings. colors: "green" (no action needed), "yellow" (observe and stay updated), "orange" (be prepared), and "red" (take action).
Heavy rain on Friday led to waterlogging in many parts of the city, including the Pragati Maidan tunnel, which also remained closed on Saturday. Drainage of water from the tunnel was still underway and is likely to be restored for operations by Saturday night, according to PWD officials.
A New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) official said the civic body has intensified manpower deployment to handle waterlogging complaints and is monitoring areas falling under Lutyens' Delhi through CCTV cameras.The vice president of NDMC, Satish Upadhyay, said they have deployed four additional pumps on standby at Golf Links and Bharti Nagar, which witnessed excessive waterlogging on Friday.
"Three vehicle-mounted super vacs will continue to patrol vulnerable areas. We have also deployed additional personnel and canceled the leave of absence of all employees.
"Each vulnerable area has been assigned to a superintending engineer who is staffed to address the issues. NDMC's central command and control room will monitor all vulnerable areas through CCTV cameras," Upadhyay said. According to the NDMC, engineers Supervisors are now monitoring operations at vulnerable points to ensure timely interventions.
"We will ensure round-the-clock monitoring through CCTV cameras. CCTV cameras are installed for continuous monitoring of vulnerable areas," another official said.
According to PWD officials, all waterlogged places except Pragati Maidan tunnel have been drained. Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said that its central control room is functioning round the clock. An official said that mobile pumps of different capacity, super suction machines, excavators and other machines have been deployed at various places where waterlogging was found or reported through dedicated 24/7 zonal control rooms of the MCD.
"In total, 72 permanent pumping stations were operational and functioning as per requirement, besides 465 mobile/submersible pumps of different capacity were made available to remove waterlogging. Manpower was deployed appropriately also along with machines to release water quickly and steadily," he said.
Meanwhile, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena inspected the most severely affected areas and drainage systems in the city to assess the damage and monitor remedial measures, an official statement said on Saturday. Accompanied by Chief Secretary and NDMC chairman, MCD commissioner, PWD principal secretary and other senior officials, Saxena inspected drains at Taimur Nagar, Barapulla Drain, ITPO, Tilak Bridge, Kushak Nallah, Golf Links and Bharti Nagar, he said.
During his visits, Saxena found all these drains heavily clogged with garbage, debris and sludge, causing severe flooding in several parts of the city, the statement said.
Some parts of Delhi received rain on Saturday morning. Rohini and Burari were among the areas that received rain. Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius. Extreme weather events are occurring in the national capital as weather experts said that during the entire monsoon season, Delhi receives almost 650 mm of rain.
In the first day of heavy rain this season, the capital received a third of the total monsoon rains on Friday.
