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Delhi rain: 81 waterlogging calls, 32 fallen trees clog roads
Heavy rain on Friday turned several Delhi arterial and connecting roads into choke points. The city received 81 waterlogging complaints and reports of 32 fallen trees, slowing traffic across large areas. The…
The Story in Brief
Heavy rain on Friday turned several Delhi arterial and connecting roads into choke points. The city received 81 waterlogging complaints and reports of 32 fallen trees, slowing traffic across large areas. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast more heavy to very heavy rainfall for Friday night.
Flooded stretches and long queues disrupted commuters, with civic agencies struggling to clear water and debris. The IMD alert covers multiple areas likely to receive intense precipitation, raising concern over further delays and hazards. No casualties have been reported so far.
The Indian Opinion
Every monsoon, Delhi’s drainage fails the same test, and every year the civic bodies promise a fix by next May. The 81 complaints and 32 tree falls are not a surprise but a pattern. The real question is not whether the rain was heavy, it was, but how many of these black spots will stay dry after the next downpour. Watch which stretches still flood in a week's time.
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
