New Delhi [India], Two children allegedly drowned near the rainwater-flooded Siraspur underpass in Samaypur Badli area of northwest Delhi on Saturday, police said.
According to Delhi Police, Samaypur Badli Police Station received a call about the drowning of a 12-year-old boy near Siraspur underpass at 2:25 pm. On reaching the spot, it was seen that the underpass near the metro was flooded with nearly 2.5 to 3 feet of water.
"Firefighters carried out a search operation and recovered the bodies of two children. At first glance, it appears to be a suspicious case of drowning while the children were taking bath," police said.
"174 CrPC proceedings are underway," he added.
Earlier on Friday, two children who had left their homes to play in rainwater drowned after falling into a deep rainwater ditch in Delhi's New Usmanpur area, police said.
The deceased were aged 8 and 10 and were residents of Som Bazaar, Gamri, in New Usmanpur area.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing waterlogging, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, casualties and injuries prompting the government to take steps to address the situation. The national capital and surrounding areas also received rains on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Soma Sen, scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), told ANI that heavy rain is expected in Delhi over the next two days.
"Rains are expected to increase in the coming days in northern India. The monsoon has advanced further in eastern UP, and in the next 2-3 days, western UP and Haryana will also be covered. It has been Orange alert issued for UP and Chhattisgarh, Odisha and eastern Rajasthan will witness heavy rainfall across central India. Warnings have been issued for Arunachal Pradesh and Assam as extremely heavy rainfall will increase in the Western Peninsula region. tomorrow. "We have declared heavy rain in Delhi for the next two days," Sen said.
On Saturday, the bodies of three workers were also pulled out from under the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site amid heavy rains in Vasant Vihar. The bodies of the workers who had fallen into a well of an under-construction building in Vasant Vihar were recovered by personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team.
According to Delhi Police, Samaypur Badli Police Station received a call about the drowning of a 12-year-old boy near Siraspur underpass at 2:25 pm. On reaching the spot, it was seen that the underpass near the metro was flooded with nearly 2.5 to 3 feet of water.
"Firefighters carried out a search operation and recovered the bodies of two children. At first glance, it appears to be a suspicious case of drowning while the children were taking bath," police said.
"174 CrPC proceedings are underway," he added.
Earlier on Friday, two children who had left their homes to play in rainwater drowned after falling into a deep rainwater ditch in Delhi's New Usmanpur area, police said.
The deceased were aged 8 and 10 and were residents of Som Bazaar, Gamri, in New Usmanpur area.
Heavy rain lashed parts of Delhi-NCR for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing waterlogging, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, casualties and injuries prompting the government to take steps to address the situation. The national capital and surrounding areas also received rains on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Soma Sen, scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), told ANI that heavy rain is expected in Delhi over the next two days.
"Rains are expected to increase in the coming days in northern India. The monsoon has advanced further in eastern UP, and in the next 2-3 days, western UP and Haryana will also be covered. It has been Orange alert issued for UP and Chhattisgarh, Odisha and eastern Rajasthan will witness heavy rainfall across central India. Warnings have been issued for Arunachal Pradesh and Assam as extremely heavy rainfall will increase in the Western Peninsula region. tomorrow. "We have declared heavy rain in Delhi for the next two days," Sen said.
On Saturday, the bodies of three workers were also pulled out from under the rubble of a wall that collapsed at a construction site amid heavy rains in Vasant Vihar. The bodies of the workers who had fallen into a well of an under-construction building in Vasant Vihar were recovered by personnel of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team.
