Delhi-NCR Weather Highlights: Thunderstorm, rain likely in Delhi on Monday

The national capital on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 34.4 degrees Celsius, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The minimum temperature settled at 25.1 degrees Celsius, 0.5 notch below the season's average, the IMD said.

The IMD has predicted thunderstorms with rain for the city on Monday, with the maximum and minimum temperatures expected to settle around 35 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively.

Relative humidity was recorded at 80 per cent at 5.30 pm.

Weather conditions over the Delhi NCR region remained largely dry on Sunday, with only scattered light rainfall in select areas. The Ridge recorded 5.7 mm of cumulative rainfall till 8.30 am, while Mayur Vihar and Pitampura reported 16 mm and 1.5 mm, respectively. (PTI)

Rain lashed parts of Punjab and Haryana on Sunday with Sirsa recording the highest rainfall of 49.5 mm, according to the Met department's weather report. Among the places in Punjab which witnessed rains included Amritsar, which received 3.7 mm rain between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm Sunday.

Ludhiana received 2.4 mm while Patiala received 9.2 mm rain. Besides, Faridkot, Pathankot and Ferozepur also witnessed rain. In neighbouring Haryana, Ambala received a rainfall of 12.1 mm and Hisar received 14.6 mm.

Sirsa received a downpour of 49.5 mm, Panipat received 10.5 mm and Mewat 1 mm rain Punjab is facing one of its worst flood disasters in decades. The floods were a result of swollen rivers the Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi along with seasonal rivulets caused by heavy rainfall in their catchment areas in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir. (PTI)

A 42-year-old man sentenced to life imprisonment in a double murder case and on the run for the past six years after jumping parole has been arrested from northeast Delhi, police said on Sunday. Naushad, a resident of Janta Colony in the Welcome area, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013.

Police said he was released on parole in May 2019 but never returned to jail. The convict has been assuming fake identities while living in different locations, most recently in the Loni area of Ghaziabad, where he worked as a mini-truck driver, they said.

A police team laid a trap on Saturday after getting information about the whereabouts of Naushad and nabbed him near the Shadatpur Extension area. The case against Naushad dates back to March 27, 2006, when two members of a family -- Pappu and his mother Anisha -- were shot dead at their home in Janta Colony, while Pappu's sister Heena was stabbed and left critically injured. (PTI)

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday flagged off trucks carrying relief materials for the flood-affected state of Punjab. She was accompanied by her cabinet ministers and Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva for the event.

"These relief materials contain medicines, mosquito nets, folding cots, food materials, bedsheets, etc," she said. Gupta further mentioned that she spoke to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and assured him of all possible help. "We follow the principle of Vasudev Kutumbakam," the chief minister added. (PTI)

No arrest has been made so far in connection with the theft of a gold-and-jewel-encrusted 'kalash' (urn) worth around Rs 1 crore from a Jain religious ceremony near Red Fort, police said on Sunday. The Delhi Police had traced the movements of the suspect and obtained crucial leads about his hideout.

The theft occurred on September 3 during a prayer ceremony attended by several dignitaries, including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.

The suspect, dressed in a traditional dhoti-kurta to blend in with devotees, allegedly exploited the commotion created when Birla arrived for the event and fled with the vessel.

The urn, made of 760 grams of gold and embedded with 150 grams of diamonds, rubies and emeralds, holds significant religious value for the Jain community. The ongoing ceremony began on August 28 and is scheduled to conclude on September 9. A case was registered at Kotwali Police Station after the urn could not be traced despite extensive searches. (PTI)

A man was arrested for allegedly running a counterfeit racket involving the manufacturing and sale of fake luxury goods, officials said on Sunday. The accused, identified as Mohit Sachdeva (35), was apprehended on Saturday after a raid at his shop in Shalimar Bagh.

A large cache of duplicate branded goods was recovered from the shop, including 13 t-shirts, 12 pairs of sunglasses, 14 shirts, three pairs of jeans, two wristwatches, five pairs of footwear, four pairs of socks, three caps, three pairs of pants, and a belt.

Several empty boxes and fake brand tags were also seized, the police stated. Sachdeva, a resident of Shalimar Bagh, allegedly portrayed himself as an authorised distributor of the brands and sold counterfeit clothing, footwear, and accessories in the market as original products by pasting logos of international luxury brands, the police mentioned further.

He was booked under Sections of the Copyright Act and the Trade Marks Act, they added. (PTI)

In other news, a 24-year-old man was stabbed during a Ganesh Visarjan Yatra on Saturday night.

Around 10pm, Bobby Gautam, a salesman from Takiyakait Mohalla, was part of the procession headling to Ganganahar from Ramlila Maidan, when a scuffle broke out. During the scuffle, Gautam, was stabbed in the stomach. Police said that Bobby had a dispute with some acquaintances at a gym earlier in the day, which may have been the cause behind the attack.

CO Ashutosh Kumar said that names of two accused: Shekhar, son of Virendra, and Abhishek, son of Kallu - both residents of Begumabad village have surfaced. “A case has been registered,” he said.

Water level in the Yamuna was recorded at 205.56 metres at 8 am on Sunday at the Old Railway Bridge, which is below the 206-metre evacuation mark officials said.

Moderate rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur at isolated places in Delhi (Karawal Nagar, Dilshad Garden, Seemapuri, Vivek Vihar), NCR (Loni Dehat, Hindon AF Station, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Chhapraula, Dadri) Assandh, Safidon, Gannaur (Haryana) Baraut, Bagpat, Khekra, Pilakhua, Gulaoti, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahar, Jahangirabad, Anupshahar, Shikarpur, Debai (UP).

The water level of the Yamuna river came down to 206.47 metres at the Old Railway Bridge (ORB) on Saturday, dropping below 207 metres after several days, officials said. The river, which has flooded parts of the national capital and triggered the evacuation of thousands, still remains above the danger mark of 205.33 metres.

The warning mark for the city is 204.5 metres, while the danger mark is 205.33 metres, and evacuation level is 206 metres. -PTI

The IMD has forecast a thunderstorm with rain in Delhi on Saturday and Sunday, with the maximum temperature expected to be around 34 degrees Celsius.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi stood at 70, in the 'satisfactory' category, at 9 am, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.

In North Delhi’s Civil Lines, which is just 2 km away from the residences of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other important policymakers, some families have shifted to other properties after water entered the houses, while others are leaving because electricity has been snapped in the area.

People who have stayed back are either residents who managed to arrange private generators after their inverters gave up, or security guards, househelps, cooks and drivers who are looking after the houses after their employers left.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) on Friday warned of widespread flooding, with 22 river stations in ‘severe flood’ and 23 at ‘above normal’ levels. Bihar and Uttar Pradesh are worst hit, alongside Gujarat, Delhi, Odisha, Rajasthan and West Bengal. Forecasts have been issued for 46 dams, with authorities urged to regulate reservoir operations to avoid downstream flooding. Severe alerts are in place for rivers in Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, while flash flood risks loom over parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra.

“Flood-like situation is currently being seen in delhi, due to which a lot of areas are inundated, specially those who are poor who used to live on the bank of the Yamuna river many of them have been left with no other option but to stay in the relief camps that have been made by the delhi government. Today when I came to the relief camp — I learnt that people are facing a lot of issues, they aren’t being provided with food on time, there are too many mosquitos and no mosquito-nets have been provided, they are facing issues in getting clean drinking water. We understand that this is a natural disaster, but in a situation like this, it is the governments responsibility to care for the affected citizens,” Kejriwal said.

Light rainfall accompanied with light thunderstorm and lightning (30-40 Km/h gusty winds) is very likely to occur at many places of Delhi ( Rajauri Garden, Patel Nagar, Red fort, Preet Vihar, Budha Jayanti Park, President House, Rajeev chauk, ITO, Jafarpur, Nazafgarh, Dwarka, Delhi Cantt, India Gate, Akshardham, Palam, Safdarjung, Lodi Road, Nehru Stadium, IGI Airport, Vasant Vihar, R K Puram, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Vasant Kunj, Hauzkhas, Malviyanagar, Kalkaji, Mahrauli, Tughlakabad, Chhattarpur, IGNOU, Ayanagar, Deramandi), NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) Charkhi Dadri during next 2 hours.

Delhi's Nigam Bodh Ghat area flooded as water level of River Yamuna rises. Here are some drone visuals from the area shot at 10.15 am today -- Credit: PTI

A walk through the Mayur Vihar Phase I relief camp showed how people are trying to hold on to whatever they could save.

For Poonam, the mother of a six-month-old baby, the struggle is of a different kind.

"Living with a small child like this, under the open sky, is very difficult. There is no privacy, no comfort and we are constantly worried about the baby's health," she said.

Utensils, mattresses and wooden cots were placed along the roadside. Some children played nearby while elderly men sat in groups, talking about the loss they had suffered.

Another resident of Yamuna Khadar, Rajesh, said the floods have left him with nothing to return to. "My house is still under water and most of my belongings are gone. I had borrowed money for repairs last year, and now everything is washed away again. I don't know how I will repay the debt," he said.

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According to IMD's 8.30 am observations, rainfall was recorded at several weather stations in the national capital in the past 24 hours. Safdarjung logged 7.6 mm, Palam 13.3 mm, Lodi Road 3.2 mm, Ridge 5.2 mm, while Aya Nagar did not record any rainfall.

Delhi's air quality index (AQI) stood at 67 at 8 am, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The AQI falls in the satisfactory category.

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Lawyers in Delhi Thursday said they would go back to abstaining from work from Monday following an "arbitrary and illegal" circular from the office of the commissioner of police regarding designated places for recording evidence.

The Coordination Committee of all District Court Bar Associations, which represents all lawyers in the Capital, had been on strike for six days in August against a notification issued by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on August 13, which allowed the police to record evidence from police stations via video conferencing.

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While the IMD did not issue any alert for the next six days, it forecast a generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of very light to light rain or thunderstorms on Friday. It also expected moderate rain at a few places in the Capital, the IMD added.

The water level in the Yamuna river at Delhi’s Old Railway Bridge stood at 207.33 metres at 7 am on Friday, a day after reaching the season’s highest at 207.48 metres. The water is likely to recede further during the day, according to officials quoted by news agency PTI. Old Railway Bridge is the flood-forecasting station for Delhi.

Thursday was its third-highest water level since 1963. The highest-ever level in the Yamuna in Delhi was 208.66 m in July 2023 when the swelling river displaced more than 25,000 people, and before that, it was 207.49 m in September 1978.

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Seems like it is set to be a generally cloudy sky day today! The IMD did not issue any alert for the next six days, but one or two spells of very light to light rain or thunderstorms is on the cards for Friday.

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