Heavy rains throughout a number of components of north India on Monday led to flight diversions, waterlogging and extreme visitors disruption, with the Delhi-NCR area receiving the heaviest rainfall.
Components of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh acquired rains through the day as nicely.
Site visitors snarls have been the worst in Gurugram the place mother and father carrying youngsters on their shoulders have been seen wading by way of flooded roads to get to high school buses and automobiles have been seen caught on waterlogged roads.
The downpour induced waterlogging in Narsinghpur, Hero Honda Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk and several other areas of outdated Gurugram. Autos have been caught in water round Rajiv Chowk, whereas college buses and ambulances have been additionally caught in waterlogging on Sohna Highway.
The district administration mentioned Gurugram acquired 70 mm of rainfall by 1:30 pm. Key areas together with Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Railway Highway, Sector 5, Outdated Delhi Highway, Mehrauli Highway and Basai Highway have been closely affected. Naharpur underpass was additionally waterlogged.
In Delhi, too, a number of key stretches, together with components of Lutyens’ Delhi, Mathura Highway, Connaught Place, Bhairon Marg, ITO and the Zakhira underpass, have been waterlogged.
Waist-deep water, bumper-to-bumper visitors and life dropped at a standstill marked the day’s heavy downpour, as gusty winds and showers lashed the nationwide Capital, with just a few areas recording nearly 67 mm of rain.
Movies shared on social media confirmed at the least a dozen college students waded by way of waist-deep water in Sangam Vihar. Residents in Sadar Bazar have been additionally compelled to wade by way of waist-deep water after rainwater collected within the Outdated Delhi space.
At the least 15 flights have been diverted on the Delhi airport because of inclement climate circumstances. Scores of flights have been delayed and a few have been cancelled on the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (IGIA) within the nationwide capital as a result of unhealthy climate. An official mentioned 12 flights have been diverted to Jaipur, two to Chandigarh and one to Lucknow.
In line with flightradar 24, the next arrival flights to IGIA have been diverted to Jaipur: Air India flight from Singapore (AI 2381), Chennai (AI 2526) and Bhubaneswar (AI 1814); Air India Categorical flights from Sharjah (IX 136); Indore (IX 1236), Ranchi (IX 1047), Imphal (IX 1462), Spicejet flight from Leh (SG 126), and IndiGo flights from Chennai (6E 404) , Siliguri (6E 6125) and Goa (6E 2102)
Incoming Indigo flights from Dibrugarh (6E 6373) and Bengaluru (6E 830) have been diverted to Chandigarh whereas Akasa Air flight from Mumbai (QP 1834) was diverted to Lucknow.
Many components of Uttar Pradesh witnessed gentle to average showers and remoted heavy downpours, disrupting regular life in city pockets, the meteorological division mentioned.
Monsoon remained regular throughout Uttar Pradesh over the previous 24 hours, it mentioned.
