Highest rainfall in a day this monsoon
30 Aug 2012 8:05 PM IST
Heavy showers drenched Delhiites on Wednesday as the capital received the highest rainfall for a single day this monsoon even as waterlogging and slow traffic inconvenienced commuters.
A boy was killed when a wall in Tilak Nagar Keshav Mandi, near Metro station collapsed. Two men were also injured.
The three municipal bodies reported 36 complaints of waterlogging, 18 of fallen trees and six complaints of collapse of building structures in the city. The rain gauges in the city measured 59.5 mm for a period of 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday, the highest for a single day.
On 21 August, the city received 54.4 mm rain, the highest so far. Potholed roads and waterlogging, which in some cases rose upto four feet, slowed down vehicular movement causing inconvenience to office goers.
There was water logging upto four feet high under Railway bridge in Pul Prahladpur, while vehicular movement was slow from Durgapuri Chowk to Loni Border, Dabri, Maa Anandmai Marg, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Khanpur, Hamdard Nagar, GK-1 and Anand Parbat.
Traffic was also badly affected due to ‘wide and deep potholes’ under and Sarita Vihar Metro station and on service road in the carriageway going from Badarpur to Ashram, police said.
Commuters at Andrew Ganj, Lodhi flyover, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, Mahipalpur, Hari Nagar, IIT crossing to Adhchini, Yusuf Sarai Market, Munirka flyover, Badarpur border, Wazirpur industrial area, Ashok Vihar suffered due to pothholes and waterlogging.
The heavy showers since 20 August had brought down the city’s monsoon deficit to less than 20 per cent from 43 per cent earlier this month.
This month has got 328.mm of rain, the second highest for August in the last 12 years. The city received 455.1 mm showers in August 2010.
The city has received a total of 478.4 mm of rains during this monsoon, which had an onset on 6 July. The record rain for the month was in 1961 when the city received 583.3 mm of showers in August. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), meanwhile, has forecast more rain in the next two days, adding that the cyclonic development that triggered sudden showers would hover for the next two days. ‘This is the season’s heaviest rainfall. There is the possibility of heavy rain with thundershowers in some areas,’ said an IMD official.
‘Maximum temperature would stay around 30 degrees Celsius,’ the official said. The total rainfall recorded till 8.30 a.m was 59.9 mm. The minimum temperature settled at 23.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average.
‘The cyclonic development over the National Capital Region triggered incessant rains with dense clouds. This would continue for two days after which it will head towards Uttar Pradesh, Nepal,’ the official explained. The monsoon would last till 20 September, he added. The Yamuna also inched closer to the danger mark. ‘The Yamuna level is 0.15 metre below the danger level of 204.83 metres,’ said an official from the Flood and Irrigation department.
Early morning showers Wednesday led to chaos in the city with people having to wade through knee-deep water in several areas, water seeping into basements and traffic jams on key roads.
A boy was killed when a wall in Tilak Nagar Keshav Mandi, near Metro station collapsed. Two men were also injured.
The three municipal bodies reported 36 complaints of waterlogging, 18 of fallen trees and six complaints of collapse of building structures in the city. The rain gauges in the city measured 59.5 mm for a period of 24 hours till 8.30 am on Wednesday, the highest for a single day.
On 21 August, the city received 54.4 mm rain, the highest so far. Potholed roads and waterlogging, which in some cases rose upto four feet, slowed down vehicular movement causing inconvenience to office goers.
There was water logging upto four feet high under Railway bridge in Pul Prahladpur, while vehicular movement was slow from Durgapuri Chowk to Loni Border, Dabri, Maa Anandmai Marg, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Khanpur, Hamdard Nagar, GK-1 and Anand Parbat.
Traffic was also badly affected due to ‘wide and deep potholes’ under and Sarita Vihar Metro station and on service road in the carriageway going from Badarpur to Ashram, police said.
Commuters at Andrew Ganj, Lodhi flyover, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, Mahipalpur, Hari Nagar, IIT crossing to Adhchini, Yusuf Sarai Market, Munirka flyover, Badarpur border, Wazirpur industrial area, Ashok Vihar suffered due to pothholes and waterlogging.
The heavy showers since 20 August had brought down the city’s monsoon deficit to less than 20 per cent from 43 per cent earlier this month.
This month has got 328.mm of rain, the second highest for August in the last 12 years. The city received 455.1 mm showers in August 2010.
The city has received a total of 478.4 mm of rains during this monsoon, which had an onset on 6 July. The record rain for the month was in 1961 when the city received 583.3 mm of showers in August. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), meanwhile, has forecast more rain in the next two days, adding that the cyclonic development that triggered sudden showers would hover for the next two days. ‘This is the season’s heaviest rainfall. There is the possibility of heavy rain with thundershowers in some areas,’ said an IMD official.
‘Maximum temperature would stay around 30 degrees Celsius,’ the official said. The total rainfall recorded till 8.30 a.m was 59.9 mm. The minimum temperature settled at 23.6 degrees Celsius, a notch below the average.
‘The cyclonic development over the National Capital Region triggered incessant rains with dense clouds. This would continue for two days after which it will head towards Uttar Pradesh, Nepal,’ the official explained. The monsoon would last till 20 September, he added. The Yamuna also inched closer to the danger mark. ‘The Yamuna level is 0.15 metre below the danger level of 204.83 metres,’ said an official from the Flood and Irrigation department.
Early morning showers Wednesday led to chaos in the city with people having to wade through knee-deep water in several areas, water seeping into basements and traffic jams on key roads.
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