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Delhi-NCR gets 204.1 mm rain in a day, streets flooded
A 12-hour downpour dumped 204.1 mm of rain on Delhi by Friday night, nearly 90% of August's normal monthly rainfall, crippling life across the National Capital Region. Safdarjung weather station recorded 127…
The Story in Brief
A 12-hour downpour dumped 204.1 mm of rain on Delhi by Friday night, nearly 90% of August's normal monthly rainfall, crippling life across the National Capital Region. Safdarjung weather station recorded 127 mm by morning and another 77.1 mm through the day, making it the heaviest August rain in Delhi since 2011.
Waterlogging hit hospitals like Safdarjung and metro stations like Greater Kailash. Residents waded through knee-deep to waist-deep water in Chhatarpur, Sangam Vihar, and Fatehpur Beri. In Gurugram, a building collapse killed two people. Noida and Greater Noida saw submerged underpasses and roads. Authorities received about 90 complaints of waterlogging, tree falls, and power cuts. The India Meteorological Department expects lighter rain from Saturday.
The Indian Opinion
Every monsoon, Delhi-NCR drowns and every year officials blame 'unprecedented' rain. This 204.1 mm is heavy but not freakish, it is August normal. The real story is clogged drains, poorly designed roads, and incomplete drainage projects in unauthorised colonies. Union minister Pravesh Verma says big hotspots are fixed; residents say otherwise. The test is next week: will water recede in hours or days? That number tells us if we are fixing or just talking.
Source: bazaar.businesstoday.in
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