It has been raining heavily since yesterday evening in Delhi. Due to this, there has been flooding in various parts of the city. Roads look like rivers with rain water. Traffic jams occurred on roads leading to Lutyens Delhi and Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad.
Not only in Delhi but also on the Delhi-Noida Expressway, commuters have been put to serious trouble due to heavy traffic congestion. Unable to withstand the continuous heavy rains and floods, many houses collapsed. 2 people have died in this.
Many areas have accumulated waist-deep rain water. Homes, offices, schools are all reeling under the flood. Around 10 flights arriving at Delhi airport have been diverted due to continuous heavy rains. Eight flights were diverted to Jaipur and two to Lucknow.
The Indian Meteorological Department has reported that 100 millimeters of rain has been recorded in Delhi in an hour. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Delhi, warning that there will be heavy to very heavy rains in the next 24 hours. The Indian Meteorological Department also said moderate rain with thunder and lightning is likely to occur over North Delhi, Central-Delhi, New Delhi, South Delhi, South-East Delhi, East Delhi and NCR in the next two hours.
The India Meteorological Department has also announced that heavy rain will continue till August 5. A holiday has been declared for all government and private schools in the state today due to heavy rains in Delhi. Education Minister Adishi announced this on his Twitter page.
Accordingly, in light of the forecast of heavy rain, all schools will be closed tomorrow, he said. Adishi said in his tweet that this decision has been taken to protect the students amid the current severe weather.
The road where the training center is located in Rajender Nagar, where three students tragically lost their lives in the floods caused by the heavy rains in Delhi last Saturday, has been inundated again. The normal life of the people has been severely affected due to waist-deep water.
