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Delhi rain: 81 waterlogging calls, 32 fallen trees choke roads
Heavy rain on Friday turned several Delhi arterial roads into choke points, triggering 81 waterlogging complaints and reports of 32 fallen trees, NDTV reported. Long traffic queues slowed movement across the city…
The Story in Brief
Heavy rain on Friday turned several Delhi arterial roads into choke points, triggering 81 waterlogging complaints and reports of 32 fallen trees, NDTV reported. Long traffic queues slowed movement across the city as commuters faced delays on key stretches.
The downpour exposed chronic drainage failures, with waterlogged underpasses and connecting roads forcing diversions. Authorities said teams responded to the calls, but many areas remained flooded for hours even as rain eased.
The Indian Opinion
Every monsoon, Delhi drowns in the same potholes and waterlogged underpasses, and every year the city calls it an act of God. The 81 calls and 32 fallen trees are not weather, they are maintenance logs. Civic agencies know which stretches flood first, yet they wait for the rain to do the audit. The test now is simple: will the same spots flood again within a week of another downpour? If they do, the apologies are just theatre.
Source: ndtv.com
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