Delhi braces for more rains after torrential downpour kills 11
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New Delhi: The residents of the capital city have to get ready for more rains as they are still reeling from heavy downpour on Friday, weather office said.
Authorities have issued orange alert warning people about more rains today and tomorrow in Delhi.
The orange alert predicts heavy rain according to the India Meteorological Department's colour-coded warning system.
Delhi experienced intractable waterlogging in the first two days of Monsoon rains, sinking many low-lying areas with floods claiming 11 lives.
The city received 228.1 mm of rainfall on Friday being the highest in a single day since 1936.
IMD scientist Soma Sen reportedly said that more part of the north India likely to get rain, adding ‘Eastern UP has been covered and in the next two-three days, western UP and Haryana will be covered.’
The rain related incidents claimed several lives with children drowning in ditches, and commuters having stuck in flooded underpasses.
Also three people died when a wall collapsed at Vasant Vihar in heavy rain.
At Delhi airport'sTerminal -1, a portion of the canopy collapsed crushing several cars alongside killing a cab driver waiting for passengers.
Several areas in the city including the Pragati Maidan tunnel reported traffic disruptions.
New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) vice-chairman Satish Upadhyay reportedly said that four additional pumps are ready to manage waterlogging at Golf Links and Bharti Nagar areas.
‘Three super suction machines mounted on vehicles will keep patrolling the vulnerable areas. We have also deployed additional staff and cancelled off-days of all staff,’ he was quoted as saying.
It is reported that Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena who inspected the affected areas and drainage systems found drains choked with garbage, debris and sludge.
Weather experts say that the national capital is experiencing extreme weather events in the recent years with receiving one-third of around 650 mm of Monsoon rainfall on the first day itself.