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  • Delhi Rains: Sudden Downpour Brings Respite From Heat, Humidity; Causes Waterlogging |

    Delhi’s weather took a sudden turn for the worse as heavy rains lashed the city, bringing relief from the sweltering heat but also causing chaos and destruction. The rains, which started in the evening, brought much-needed respite from the humidity and heat, but the intense downpour also led to waterlogging in several areas, causing inconvenience to citizens.

    The heavy rains reminded Delhiites of the previous incident in Rajendra Nagar where three students lost their lives due to waterlogging in a basement. Today’s rains were equally intense, with several areas in South West Delhi’s Palam facing severe waterlogging.

    Citizens expressed relief at the sudden change in weather, saying it was a welcome respite from the humid heat of the past few days. “The rain is a blessing in disguise. It’s brought down the temperature and made the weather pleasant,” said a local resident.

    However, the heavy rains also exposed the civic body’s inefficiency in handling waterlogging. Several areas in Lutyens’ Zone, including India Gate, Akbar Road, and Zakir Hussain Marg, were flooded, causing disruptions to daily life.

    Meanwhile, Delhi’s Lietenant Governor VK Saxena has cautioned all officers to remain alert in view of the heavy rains in the capital. Taking to social media platform X, LG wrote, “Have cautioned all officers to remain alert in light of the ongoing heavy downpour in Delhi. Apart from ensuring minimum inconvenience to people in general, they are advised to specifically address issues at sites prone to waterlogging, including coaching centres.”

    The Delhi Jal Board’s inability to handle the situation has raised questions about the city’s preparedness for extreme weather events. As the city struggles to cope with the aftermath of the rains, citizens are left wondering if the authorities will take concrete steps to address the issue.

  • HP take inventory of rain harm, toll rises to 31 

    Through PTI

    SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday took inventory of the havoc brought about through the new rains, announcing 31 other people were killed, just about 1,300 roads closed because of landslides and floods and 40 primary bridges broken.

    In Kullu’s Sainj space on my own, round 40 retail outlets and 30 homes had been washed away, in keeping with Leader Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who performed an aerial survey of the Kasol, Manikaran, Kheer Ganga and Pulga spaces.

    Officiating Director Normal of Police Satwant Atwal stated 31 other people have died within the contemporary rains prior to now 3 days. He stated 250 vacationers are stranded in Chandertal and 300 in Sissu within the Lahaul and Spiti district and 300 in portions of Mandi district.

    An try to evacuate them through an IAF helicopter failed because of dangerous climate, Atwal stated. Then again, there was little rain on Tuesday, serving to the government to accentuate the recovery of broken infrastructure.

    Officers stated the Shimla-Kalka freeway, which was once blocked for vehicular visitors because of a cave-in following a landslide on the Chakki Mor space close to Jabli, has been in part restored for one-way visitors.

    Numerous cars, alternatively, are stranded on all sides of the street.

    The state schooling division has issued an order declaring all govt colleges can be closed until July 15. The state public provider fee has re-scheduled the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Provider Aggressive (Initial) Exam to August 20 within the wake of the dangerous climate.

    The executive minister stated over the top harm has been brought about through the rainfall prior to now few days.

    There isn’t even a unmarried panchayat within the state the place roads and water provide schemes have no longer been broken, he wired.

    Atwal stated the chopper despatched to the Chandertal space to evacuate the stranded vacationers had to go back because of dangerous climate stipulations, and appealed to other people to stick certain.

    “Will take a look at once more because the cloud duvet offers manner,” she stated in a tweet.

    A rescue staff from Kaza has reached Kunzum Best which is a couple of kilometres clear of the lake, Foremost Secretary of Earnings Onkar Chand Sharma stated.

    “Two of the stranded vacationers had been dealing with respiring problems because of the prime altitude and they might be airlifted,” Sharma stated, including that the entire stranded other people can be evacuated to protected puts.

    About 100 other people had been rescued from other puts within the hill state on Monday.

    Consistent with officers, about 800 individuals are nonetheless stranded at Chandertal and Pagal Nallah in Lahaul and other portions of Mandi.

    As in line with the state emergency reaction centre, Himachal has suffered a cumulative loss to the music of Rs 1,050 crore for the reason that onset of monsoon on June 24 and 80 other people were killed, whilst 10 are lacking.

    Then again, Sukhu on Monday stated an overview of the losses is underway and it’s estimated to be within the vary of Rs 3,000-Rs 4,000 crore.

    As many as 1,299 roads, together with the Chandigarh-Manali Nationwide Freeway, had been blocked for vehicular visitors and three,737 water provide schemes had been affected, information from the reaction centre stated.

    Out of the whole 80 deaths thus far, 24 are attributed to highway injuries whilst landslides claimed 21 lives, adopted through falling from top (12), unintentional drowning (seven), flash floods (5), electrocution (4), snake chew (two) and others (5), in keeping with the information.

    In general, 79 homes were broken utterly and 333 in part, it confirmed.

    Bus provider is suspended on 1,284 routes of the Himachal Roadways Shipping Company (HRTC), in keeping with shipping officers.

    The availability of very important pieces was once hit in different spaces, together with Shimla and Manali, because the Chandigarh-Manali and the Shimla-Kalka nationwide highways had been closed following landslides, caving-in of roads and flooding.

    A number of spaces in Kullu and Mandi remained with out electrical energy as 2,577 transformers had been disrupted, whilst the water provide was once additionally affected in lots of spaces as 1,418 water provide schemes suffered harm.

    Manali the town and the adjacent spaces remained bring to a halt for just about an afternoon as roads had been blocked because of landslides.

    Cellular connectivity has additionally been disrupted.

    There have been reviews of landslides in Shamti, within the suburbs of Solan, which broken two homes and an place of work whilst about 10 homes had been affected.

    The meteorological division has warned of the potential for average to prime flash floods in Shimla, Sirmaur and Kinnaur districts.

    SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh government on Tuesday took inventory of the havoc brought about through the new rains, announcing 31 other people were killed, just about 1,300 roads closed because of landslides and floods and 40 primary bridges broken.

    In Kullu’s Sainj space on my own, round 40 retail outlets and 30 homes had been washed away, in keeping with Leader Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who performed an aerial survey of the Kasol, Manikaran, Kheer Ganga and Pulga spaces.

    Officiating Director Normal of Police Satwant Atwal stated 31 other people have died within the contemporary rains prior to now 3 days. He stated 250 vacationers are stranded in Chandertal and 300 in Sissu within the Lahaul and Spiti district and 300 in portions of Mandi district.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    An try to evacuate them through an IAF helicopter failed because of dangerous climate, Atwal stated. Then again, there was little rain on Tuesday, serving to the government to accentuate the recovery of broken infrastructure.

    Officers stated the Shimla-Kalka freeway, which was once blocked for vehicular visitors because of a cave-in following a landslide on the Chakki Mor space close to Jabli, has been in part restored for one-way visitors.

    Numerous cars, alternatively, are stranded on all sides of the street.

    The state schooling division has issued an order declaring all govt colleges can be closed until July 15. The state public provider fee has re-scheduled the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Provider Aggressive (Initial) Exam to August 20 within the wake of the dangerous climate.

    The executive minister stated over the top harm has been brought about through the rainfall prior to now few days.

    There isn’t even a unmarried panchayat within the state the place roads and water provide schemes have no longer been broken, he wired.

    Atwal stated the chopper despatched to the Chandertal space to evacuate the stranded vacationers had to go back because of dangerous climate stipulations, and appealed to other people to stick certain.

    “Will take a look at once more because the cloud duvet offers manner,” she stated in a tweet.

    A rescue staff from Kaza has reached Kunzum Best which is a couple of kilometres clear of the lake, Foremost Secretary of Earnings Onkar Chand Sharma stated.

    “Two of the stranded vacationers had been dealing with respiring problems because of the prime altitude and they might be airlifted,” Sharma stated, including that the entire stranded other people can be evacuated to protected puts.

    About 100 other people had been rescued from other puts within the hill state on Monday.

    Consistent with officers, about 800 individuals are nonetheless stranded at Chandertal and Pagal Nallah in Lahaul and other portions of Mandi.

    As in line with the state emergency reaction centre, Himachal has suffered a cumulative loss to the music of Rs 1,050 crore for the reason that onset of monsoon on June 24 and 80 other people were killed, whilst 10 are lacking.

    Then again, Sukhu on Monday stated an overview of the losses is underway and it’s estimated to be within the vary of Rs 3,000-Rs 4,000 crore.

    As many as 1,299 roads, together with the Chandigarh-Manali Nationwide Freeway, had been blocked for vehicular visitors and three,737 water provide schemes had been affected, information from the reaction centre stated.

    Out of the whole 80 deaths thus far, 24 are attributed to highway injuries whilst landslides claimed 21 lives, adopted through falling from top (12), unintentional drowning (seven), flash floods (5), electrocution (4), snake chew (two) and others (5), in keeping with the information.

    In general, 79 homes were broken utterly and 333 in part, it confirmed.

    Bus provider is suspended on 1,284 routes of the Himachal Roadways Shipping Company (HRTC), in keeping with shipping officers.

    The availability of very important pieces was once hit in different spaces, together with Shimla and Manali, because the Chandigarh-Manali and the Shimla-Kalka nationwide highways had been closed following landslides, caving-in of roads and flooding.

    A number of spaces in Kullu and Mandi remained with out electrical energy as 2,577 transformers had been disrupted, whilst the water provide was once additionally affected in lots of spaces as 1,418 water provide schemes suffered harm.

    Manali the town and the adjacent spaces remained bring to a halt for just about an afternoon as roads had been blocked because of landslides.

    Cellular connectivity has additionally been disrupted.

    There have been reviews of landslides in Shamti, within the suburbs of Solan, which broken two homes and an place of work whilst about 10 homes had been affected.

    The meteorological division has warned of the potential for average to prime flash floods in Shimla, Sirmaur and Kinnaur districts.