Till 7 a.m., the Delhi Police had received 2,945 calls of traffic jam,
127 calls of waterlogging,
27 calls of building collapse
and 50 calls of falling of trees .
A 62-year-old man died in a building collapse in north Delhi’s Sabji Mandi area, taking the death toll in rain-related incidents in the National Capital to three, with as many injured in separate incidents across the city, officials said on August 1.
A 22-year-old woman, Tanuja, and her three-year-old son, Priyansh, who had gone to a weekly market in east Delhi’s Ghazipur area, drowned after they slipped into a waterlogged drain on Wednesday night. The incident took place around 8 p.m. near the Khoda Colony area, where the roadside drain was under-construction, the officials said.
The duo were brought out with the help of divers and cranes and taken to Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, the police officer said.
Delhi police receives 127 complaints of waterlogging
Till 7 a.m., the Delhi Police had received 2,945 calls of traffic jam, 127 calls of waterlogging, 27 calls of building collapse and 50 calls of falling of trees, the officials said.
A woman was injured and a car was damaged in a wall collapse in south Delhi’s Defence Colony around 9.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the police officer said. Two other people were injured after a portion of a house wall collapsed in northeast Delhi’s Shastri Park area at 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday, the officer said.
“Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Nangloi towards Tikri Border and vice-versa due to heavy waterlogging and potholes on road in Mundka. Kindly avoid Mundka and take alternate route accordingly,” it said.
Five cars were also damaged when a wall of a school collapsed in central Delhi’s Daryaganj on Wednesday night, the officer said.
The heaviest rainfall occurred on June 28, 2024, with 228.1 mm recorded at the Safdarjung Observatory, which is more than three times the June average and the highest for the month in 88 years .
- Safdarjung Observatory
The Safdarjung Observatory is the primary weather station in Delhi, operated by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). It is located near Safdarjung Airport and plays a crucial role in monitoring and recording weather conditions in the capital. Data from this observatory, such as temperature, humidity, rainfall, and other meteorological parameters, are used to provide weather forecasts and warnings for the region. This observatory is often referenced in reports concerning Delhi’s weather due to its central location and historical significance in maintaining weather records