On Friday, rain in Delhi caused waterlogging in various areas of the city, which had an impact on traffic. The Delhi Traffic Police advised commuters to make appropriate travel plans in light of the flooded roadways. The control centre of the Public Works Department (PWD) received 50 reports of waterlogging.
Waterlogging caused traffic to be backed up at Barapullah flyover, Panchkuian Marg, beneath Munirka flyover, East Vinod Nagar, Dhansa road near Najafgarh, Mandoli road and IP Marg. Affected areas of Delhi included South Extension, Sarai Kale Khan, Lajpat Nagar, ITO, sections of the city’s centre and periphery, the Mehrauli-Badarpur route, and the section between Geeta Colony and Akshardham Temple. After a lot of rain, there were also significant traffic congestion reported in Dhaula Kuan and Chanakyapuri.
Mumbai saw moderate to severe rains, which caused waterlogging in several areas and caused traffic congestion, although the railway system was generally unharmed. The Western Railway’s popular subway between the Andheri and Jogeshwari stations had to be closed to traffic twice during the day owing to a buildup of water. Around 11.45 am, vehicular traffic was restored when the water that had collected began to drain. However, after 3.40 pm, according to authorities, it was once again closed to traffic.
Mumbai traffic police stated that the Andheri Subway was blocked due to waterlogging and that traffic was being redirected to the Vile Parle Bridge and Captain Gore Marg, SV Road.
Mumbai’s chronic water scarcity was also alleviated by the constant rain thanks to an increase in the water levels of the seven lakes that provide the city with water. According to them, the total water supply in these reservoirs increased from 7.26% on June 28 to 10.88% today.
The South Peninsula of India is expected to have another period of heavy to extremely severe rainfall beginning on July 2, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Up to July 2, light to moderate rain is forecast for northwest India. On July 3 and 4, heavy rain is forecast for Uttarakhand, as well as East Uttar Pradesh and East Rajasthan.
It is extremely possible that Madhya Pradesh will see widespread mild to moderate rain through July 2.
In a Friday bulletin, IMD said that “Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated Heavy to very Heavy rainfall is very likely over Konkan & Goa and Ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during next 5 days and Gujarat State during next 2 days.”
