Delhi-NCR Rains, Weather Today LIVE Updates: Heavy rain lashed several parts of Delhi and the surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) in the early hours of Thursday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for the Delhi-NCR region till 12:30 pm today. The rain led to waterlogging in several parts of the national capital and slowed down traffic, inconveniencing commuters during the morning rush hour. Areas including Lajpat Nagar, RK Puram, Lodhi Road, and the Delhi-Haryana border witnessed intense showers.
Himachal Pradesh flash floods: Meanwhile, a flash flood, triggered by a cloudburst, hit the higher reaches of Rishi Dogri valley in Kinnaur district on Wednesday evening, an official statement said on Thursday. The Army rescued four people, including one injured. The bridge across the Sutlej river was also inundated. On receiving an urgent request from the superintendent of police, Kinnaur, the Army immediately mobilised a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) column.
Telangana Rainfalls: The Met Centre said light to moderate rain or thundershowers is very likely to occur at most places over Telangana. IMD has issued a red alert for the state and said heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is very likely to occur at isolated places in Bhadradri Kothagudem, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Medak and other districts from August 13- 14. Normal life was disrupted as rains battered Telangana on Wednesday leading to waterlogging on arterial roads and caused several rivulets and other water bodies to overflow.
Whenever Delhi witnesses heavy rainfall, reports of waterlogging and traffic are accompanied by photographs of old and grand trees falling. On Thursday, as one such tree fell, it crushed a man and his daughter who were passing by in a motorcycle. The man later died at a hospital.
In all, 11 trees fell on Thursday, an official report by the civic agencies in Delhi said.
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The AAP lambasted the BJP government for waterlogging in the national capital following heavy rains on Thursday, as it questioned why the city's roads had turned into "pools" and people were dying.
The opposition party's criticism has sparked a war of words between the ruling BJP and AAP, which was in power in the city till February this year. Waterlogging, an annual issue during the monsoon, was a frequent target of the BJP during the previous AAP government.
While AAP leaders, including former chief minister Atishi, shared visuals of inundated Delhi streets, slamming the government for "lack of preparedness" for the monsoon, Delhi minister Kapil Mishra blamed the AAP for its "12-year loot". — PTI
Light rainfall is very likely to occur at a few places in Delhi, including 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 and Deramandi, the IMD said in its bulletin.
In the NCR region, the light rain is likely to occur at Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Chhapraula and Gurugram.
Light to moderate rainfall is very likely to occur at Narwana, Fatehabad, Barwala, Adampur, Hissar, Hansi, Siwani, Meham, Tosham, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Loharu, Mahendargarh (Haryana) Pilani and Jhunjunu (Rajasthan) during next two hours, the IMD said.
A 50-year-old man was killed and his daughter injured after a huge tree fell on their motorcycle in Southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji during heavy rain on Thursday morning, police said.
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A 50-year-old man was killed and his daughter injured after a huge tree fell on their motorcycle in Southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji during heavy rain on Thursday morning, police said.
Police and volunteers rescue kids stuck in their school bus, which broke down at a waterlogged street in Dhaula Kuan area, in New Delhi on Thursday (Express photos by Abhinav Saha)
A 50-year-old man was killed and his daughter injured after a huge tree fell on their motorcycle in Southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji during heavy rain on Thursday morning, police said.
The incident took place at 9.50 am. “An old roadside Neem tree suddenly fell in front of the HDFC Bank near Paras Chowk in Kalkaji. As a result, two individuals riding a motorcycle — Sudhir Kumar and his daughter Priya (22) — were trapped beneath the fallen tree,” said police.
The impact left both of them critically injured and they were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. The man died during treatment at AIIMS Trauma Centre.
Several vehicles parked in the vicinity were also damaged in the incident.
AAP Delhi unit president Saurabh Bharadwaj blamed the Delhi government for the waterlogging, saying it did not undertake desilting of drains despite a court order.
"Gai bhains paani mein, humari car bhi paani mein hai," he said sarcastically using a popular Hindi idiom to say that his car was submerged.
Despite a high court order, the desilting work has not been carried out and the government is avoiding a third-party audit of the desilting contracts, Bharadwaj claimed.
Waterlogging management under Chief Minister Rekha Gupta's government has gone underwater, he said
The Outer Ring Road in the Subroto Park area was waterlogged after rain swept over parts of Delhi earlier this morning.
The water level of the Yamuna river in Delhi reached 204.43 metres at the Old Railway Bridge, nearing the warning level of 204.50 metres, officials said on Thursday.
According to the officials, the situation is being monitored and all the agencies concerned have been asked to take precautionary measures to deal with a potential flood-like situation.
The Yamuna's water level stood at 204.43 metres at the Old Railway Bridge at 9 am, the officials said.
The warning mark for the city is 204.5 metres, while the danger mark is 205.3 metres and evacuation starts at 206 metres. The Old Railway Bridge serves as a key observation point for tracking the river's flow and potential flood risks.
"The increase in the water level is mostly due to the large volumes of water being released from the Wazirabad and Hathnikund Barrage every hour due to rainfall in the upper catchment areas of Haryana and Uttarakhand," an official said.
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