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PremiumDelhi Weather Highlights: The Delhi government on Friday announced a slew of measures after the national capital received a record 228 mm rainfall that inundated several areas and brought the city to its knees.
Setting up an emergency control room, quick response teams and dedicated phone numbers to register waterlogging complaints are among the steps announced.
Officials of departments concerned, such as the PWD, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and the Irrigation and Flood Department will also be present in the control room to coordinate with their departments.
Rain in Delhi today
Ahead of the onset of monsoon in the national capital, several parts of Delhi and adjoining areas will witness light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places in the next two hours, said Delhi’s Regional Weather Forecasting Centre on Friday.
“Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places and winds with speed of 20-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR, Sonipat, Rohtak, Kharkhoda, Mattanhail, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar," wrote RWFC Delhi on X.
Has the monsoon arrived in Delhi?
Since last night, Delhi has witnessed heavy rainfall, and people wonder whether the monsoon has arrived in the national capital. The Indian Meteorological Department on Thursday said that the monsoon will arrive in the national capital in two to three days. So far, there has been no official announcement on the arrival of the monsoon in Delhi.
Delhi Airport news: 6 injured in terminal 1 roof collapse
Nearly six people were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport’s Terminal-1 fell on cars, including taxis, on Friday. After the Delhi airport T-1 roof collapsed, flight departure was temporarily suspended at the airport’s Terminal-1.
