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Delhi sees wettest August start in 16 years, roads go under water
Delhi recorded 127 mm of rain in the first week of August, the wettest first week in at least 16 years, with Safdarjung alone receiving 77.1 mm on Friday, Business Today reports.…
The Story in Brief
Delhi recorded 127 mm of rain in the first week of August, the wettest first week in at least 16 years, with Safdarjung alone receiving 77.1 mm on Friday, Business Today reports. The downpour turned streets into pools, MB Road had nearly two feet of water and the Okhla underpass flooded, while traffic crawled for hours, turning 20-minute trips into ordeals of over an hour. PWD got complaints from 22 locations and NDMC from 15.
Residents across south and southwest Delhi, including Chhatarpur, Sangam Vihar and Greater Kailash, reported knee-deep or waist-deep water, with schoolchildren carried on plastic-sheet rafts in Fatehpur Beri, according to Business Today. The lieutenant governor said waterlogged spots fell to 65 from 169 in 2025, but commuters say the situation on ground is far worse. A yellow alert remains for Saturday.
The Indian Opinion
Authorities point to official numbers that waterlogged spots fell from 194 in 2024 to 65 this year, and the minister says preparation works. Yet people wading through waist-deep water in Sangam Vihar, or using plastic sheets to ferry children in Fatehpur Beri, see a different story. The real test is not the tally of complaints but whether routine monsoon rain, not a cloudburst, still turns streets into rivers. Will next heavy spell still trap office-goers for hours on end?
Sources (3): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, timesofindia.indiatimes.com (2), businesstoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above.
