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New Delhi. Heavy rains lashed the nationwide capital for the second consecutive day on Friday, inflicting water logging on roads and disrupting site visitors. The Meteorological Department has additionally issued a ‘yellow’ alert for Saturday. According to the Meteorological Department, gentle rain might happen in most areas of Delhi and there’s a risk of heavy rain at some locations. Due to heavy rains, falling of bushes disrupted site visitors at locations and folks had to face difficulties in motion. The Delhi Traffic Police issued an alert calling on commuters to plan their journey holding in thoughts the rains.
Police tweeted, “Shantivan’s Hanuman Setu to Hanuman Mandir Carriageway, Libaspur Underpass, Maharani Bagh, Taimur Nagar Mor, CDR Chowk, Mehrauli to Gurugram, Andheria More in direction of Vasant Kunj, beneath Nizamuddin Bridge, at Singhu Border Water logging has been noticed close to the petrol pump, from MB Road to Sainik Farms Carriageway.
Police suggested individuals to keep away from these routes. The site visitors police mentioned that they had acquired 19 jam-related calls. Apart from this, 22 calls had been acquired relating to water logging and 11 informing about incidents of felling of bushes. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi acquired 12 complaints of water logging and 16 complaints associated to felling of bushes.
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According to officers, site visitors calls had been acquired from areas like Sonia Vihar, Pushta Road, Bijwasan Flyover, Uttam Nagar Signal, close to Vasant Kunj Church and Vasant Kunj Fortis Hospital, Rajdhani Park to Nangloi, Pitampura, Model Town Extension and so on. Some commuters shared the standing of the site visitors drawback on social media. A passenger mentioned that there’s heavy site visitors jam in Nangloi. Another requested the police to management the heavy site visitors from Batla House to Okhla.
Police additionally acquired site visitors jam complaints from Mahipalpur and Preet Vihar. The quantity of rain that Delhi acquired in simply the final 24 hours until 8.30 am on Friday was greater than half of the typical rainfall in the month of September. The Safdarjung observatory had recorded 58.5 mm of rain from September 1 to September 22 (Thursday morning), towards the conventional 108.5 mm.
Safdarjung Observatory is the most important climate station of Delhi. 72 mm of rain was recorded in the final 24 hours until 8.30 am on Friday. From September 1 to September 23, Delhi acquired 130.5 mm of rain. Normally Delhi receives 125.5 mm of rain in September. (company)
