Parts of Delhi recorded heavy rainfall early on Wednesday with more rain expected on Thursday.
The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) weather observatory at Mayur Vihar recorded the highest amount of rainfall on Wednesday morning – 110.5 mm. Other parts of the city recorded what the IMD categorises as moderate rainfall – the Safdarjung weather station, the city’s base observatory, recorded 37.1 mm, while Lodhi Road logged 35.1 mm. The weather observatory at North Delhi’s Mungeshpur recorded 53.5 mm of rainfall.
Very light rainfall continued in parts of the city till noon. Rainfall offered some respite from high humidity levels, and the maximum temperature Wednesday dropped slightly to 31.3 degrees Celsius, four notches below normal. The IMD forecast indicates that moderate rainfall and thundershowers are expected in Delhi on Thursday as well. A ‘yellow’ alert has been issued, which is a warning to ‘be aware’. The alert points to the likelihood of minor traffic disruptions and waterlogging in low-lying areas. Light to moderate rainfall is also expected on Friday, and light rain is on the forecast for the weekend. So far this month, the Safdarjung weather station has recorded 368.6 mm of rainfall, which is more than the normal or long-period average of 209.7 mm for the entire month. The city has seen 16 rainy days so far this July.
A western disturbance has been affecting northwest India. Additionally, the monsoon trough, a feature of the southwest monsoon, is active and lies south of its normal position, but is likely to shift northwards in the next two to three days, according to an IMD bulletin issued on Wednesday. After remaining a little below the ‘danger’ level on Tuesday night and early on Wednesday morning, the water level of the Yamuna at the Old Railway Bridge in Delhi returned to a figure above the ‘danger’ mark on Wednesday evening. The level at 8 pm was 205.5 m, which is a little above the ‘danger’ mark of 205.33 m. It is set to rise further to 205.73 m by 10 pm on Wednesday, going by the Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast.
It is likely to remain above the ‘danger’ mark on Thursday and Friday, according to the CWC’s flood situation report and advisory issued on Wednesday.v
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The water level in the Yamuna crossed the ‘danger’ mark once again on Friday, reaching a level of 205.34 m at the Old Railway Bridge in Delhi. This has prompted instructions from the Delhi government to ensure the safety of residents of low-lying areas — many of whom had just returned home.
Meanwhile, rainfall is predicted in the capital over the coming week.
Recorded slightly above the danger mark of 205.33 m at 6 pm, the Central Water Commission (CWC) forecast indicated it was likely to rise further to around 205.45 m by 11 pm.
A senior official of the CWC said that it was, however, likely to stabilise thereafter. “There is a slight increase. While it is likely to rise a little more by midnight, a further increase is not expected after that,” the official said.
The official attributed the rise in levels to both rainfall that may have occurred upstream, as well water from the floodplains returning to the river.
After having remained above the danger mark for a little more than a week, the water level had fallen below the danger mark on Tuesday but rose past the ‘danger’ level again on Wednesday, before falling below this mark once more on Thursday morning.
Some parts of the floodplains in Delhi remain inundated, with the water not having receded entirely yet after levels in the river rose last week, following heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of the Yamuna.
Heavy rainfall was recorded in parts of Himachal Pradesh between 8.30 am on Thursday and 8.30 am on Friday, along with thunderstorms in parts of Northwest India on Friday, including areas in Haryana, Chandigarh, Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
A single weather observatory in Delhi, the one in North Delhi’s Mungeshpur, recorded 21.5 mm of rainfall on Friday. Light rainfall is expected over the weekend, going by the IMD forecast.
The forecast also indicates that light to moderate rainfall is likely on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday next week. The rainfall activity over northwest India is likely to increase around July 25 with the western end of the monsoon trough shifting northwards, according to the IMD.
Other parts of northwest India, including Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, North Haryana and Chandigarh could see rainfall on Friday as well. Rainfall is also expected to continue over Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh till July 25.
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By India Today News Desk: It was on September 6, 1978, when the Yamuna breached its danger mark and unleashed its wrath in Delhi. Various sections of the city, including posh colonies, witnessed the unfolding of a mega-disaster in the city.
Lakhs of people were dislodged from their homes as floodwater entered their homes and destroyed their buildings and belongings.
With every passing hour, the water level increased and, within a short period, it rose to dangerous levels, forcing people to leave their homes and shift to safer places.
Delhi had been facing such havoc after a gap of 100 years. With failed communication lines and dead telephones, the city was in a state of emergency.
Due to the imminent danger from the swelling water, people living in many areas of Delhi, including Maharani Bagh, New Friends Colony, Jamia Millia and Okhla, were advised to move to safer places.
The inevitable situation was caused mainly due to the 7 lakh cusecs of water that was released into the Yamuna from Haryana’s Hathnikund barrage.
Amid rising water levels, all the bridges over the Yamuna had to be closed due to high water levels and the armed forces were also deployed in the flood-affected areas of Delhi.
DELHI FLOODS SINCE 1900
Delhi has been affected by floods in 1924, 1947, 1976, 1978, 1988,1995, 2010 and 2013. However, the floods of 1978 majorly affected Delhi, taking half of the city under its grip.
At that time, the Yamuna was flowing at 207.49, nearly 2.66 meters above the danger mark at Delhi’s Old Bridge.
Most areas of the national capital were inundated in the 1978 floods. (Screengrab/AP/File)
CROPS DESTROYED
Along with the urban areas of Delhi, rural parts of the city were also affected by the 1978 floods. Kharif crops on more than 40,000 square kilometres of land were destroyed by the flood water.
In addition, 18 people lost their lives along with the loss of public property, which was estimated to be around Rs 10 crore. Lakhs of people were rendered homeless due to the flood.
Recounting the 1978 horror, one of the eyewitnesses — Devendra Singh — says that he had to take shelter in one of the safe places as flood fury wreaked havoc on his crops.
The Indian Air Force was also pressed into action to distribute relief materials among the affected people. (Screengrab/AP/File)
IAF DEPLOYED
During the mega-floods of 1978, relief camps were set up by the government to shelter people who were rendered homeless by the disaster.
The supply of relief materials was not possible by land because of flooded streets and roads. Hence, the then Indira Gandhi-led union government deployed Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers to drop food packets and relief materials among the flood victims.
Despite the government’s supply of relief materials, the relief camps faced a serious dearth of drinking water.
Amidst the rising water level, the authorities issued warnings to people to go to safe places. (Screengrab- AP/File)
CRACKS IN DAMS
Initially, the danger mark of Yamuna was gauged according to the height of the old Delhi rail bridge, commissioned in 1866-67. Similarly, embankments were constructed to protect against low-intensity floods.
However, the maintenance work for the strengthening of embankments started between 1960-70. But, the entire maintenance exercise proved ineffective in 1978, as the embankments failed to handle the heavy flow of water caused by the downpour.
Due to high pressure, the embankments cracked at several places, which led to the seepage of water in the urban areas of Delhi.
People were forced to leave their homes and shift to safe places due to floods in 1978. (Screengrab/ AP/File)
SEVERAL PARTS INUNDATED
On the night of September 6, 1978, several parts of Delhi, including Model Town, Jahangirpuri, Indiranagar, Majlis Park, Gopal Nagar, Alipore, Mukherjee Nagar, Kingsway Camp, Delhi University, Adarsh Nagar and Civil Lines, were completely inundated in the flood water due to cracks in embankments on the left and right margins of Yamuna
Nearly 30 villages in North Delhi were also burdened with heavy rain-induced floods at the end of the monsoon season in September. In addition, Janakpuri, Vishnu Garden, Najafgarh and 72 nearby villages were affected by flood water due to a spade in the Najafgarh drain.
Government authorities issued warnings for the residents of seven colonies of North Delhi on the night of September 6 due to several cracks in the Shah Alam dam.
Yamuna’s water level touched 207.49 metres in 1978. (Screengrab/AP/File)
LESSONS LEARNT
After the havoc of the 1978 floods, the Delhi government initiated several corrective measures, including the construction of new embankments and repairing the old ones using concrete.
The measures taken by the Delhi government paid off during the floods of 2010 and 2013 when no cracks were observed in embankments during the floods amid the incessant downpour and rise of Yamuna’s water level (In 2013, the water level touched 207.32 meters).
However, the floods were caused by the backflow of water due to choked drains and sewers. Filth and stench had also blanketed several localities in the 2010 and 2013 floods as drain water mixed with the floodwaters.
YAMUNA BREACHES RECORD
On Wednesday, the water level in Yamuna touched the 207.89 mark, breaching the earlier record of 207.49 metres set in 1978. With the rising water level, the Delhi government has shifted 16,500 people to safe places.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has even written a letter to Home Minister Amit Shah and requested that the water release from Hathini Kund be reduced to prevent a further rise in Yamuna’s water level.
Amid the continuous release of water from Haryana’s Hathini Kund barrage, the water level of Yamuna is rising in Delhi, posing a danger of floods in the national capital.
WARNINGS DEPEND ON WATER LEVEL
Officials have divided the flood category of the Yamuna into Low, Medium or High intensity. The normal water level of Yamuna at Old Railway Bridge is 202.00 m (662 to 663 ft) during summers.
Low-intensity floods are declared when Yamuna’s water level remains below the danger mark — 204.22 m (670.00 ft). During low-intensity floods, the water level remains within normal limits and poses no danger to life and property.
Medium-intensity floods are declared when the water level crosses 204.22 meters but remains below 205.44 meters. In this category, the water level touches the embankments.
At this stage, the backflow of water starts in most of the drains falling into Yamuna, which leads to such regulation of drains by the operators. Round the patrolling also gets initiated at this stage to check embankments and pre-determined leak points.
Beyond 205.44 meters (674.00 feet), high-intensity floods are declared.
In this category of flood, proper care has to be taken for monitoring and maintenance with the deployment of Assistant Engineers (AE) and Junior Engineers (JE) for proper monitoring of the flood situation and patrolling.
At this water level, water branches off the embankments start entering the low-lying areas of Delhi.
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These lines from renowned poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s Subh-e-Azadi (The Dawn of Freedom) exemplify the mood of the newly-opened Partition Museum at the Dara Shikoh Library in Delhi. Inaugurated by Delhi Education Minister Atishi within the Ambedkar University campus in Kashmere Gate on May 19 this year, the museum, according to Kishwar Desai, the chairperson of The Arts and Cultural Heritage Trust, is being referred to as the “people’s museum”.
It took more than a dozen blood droplets splattered on the road for nearly 100 metres to trace a grievously injured 25-year-old man, accused of breaking into an Uber driver’s car and stealing his mobile at knife point along with his co-accused, hiding inside a park.
Officers said that the incident took place Monday around 4:20 AM, when Uber driver Santosh, 35, a resident of Madanpur Khadar, was inside his car in North Delhi’s Sarai Rohilla when two persons arrived on a scooty and broke the side-window glass of the vehicle by hurling a stone at it. They pointed a sharp-edged weapon at the driver and robbed him of his mobile.
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While North Delhi saw a heavy spell of rain Tuesday in an event of localised rainfall, there was no shower in most parts of the national capital.
The weather stations at the Delhi Ridge and the adjoining Delhi University area recorded rainfall more than what the Safdarjung weather station, which provides a marker for the city, recorded this September so far. The weather station in the Delhi Ridge, which is a synoptic manual observatory, recorded 87 mm rainfall on Tuesday while the automatic weather station at Delhi University recorded 83.5 mm.
Much of this rainfall was recorded between 3.45 pm and 5.30 pm, according to the officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The two observatories are just about 3 km apart, officials said. They added, the southern parts of the city mostly remained dry.
While eight weather stations in Delhi, including Safdarjung, recorded no rainfall at all between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, two stations recorded only traces of rain, and Najafgarh recorded only light rainfall.
According to IMD officials, the localised heavy rainfall event was due to moisture-laden easterly or southeasterly winds that reached Delhi-NCR on account of a low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal and the presence of a western disturbance. These weather systems also brought moderate to heavy rainfall to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, officials said.
Overcast skies and light to moderate rainfall remain on the forecast for Delhi Wednesday. Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon has begun withdrawing from Rajasthan. The IMD said in an update Tuesday that monsoon has withdrawn from parts of southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Kutch Tuesday.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in an update on Monday that conditions are becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from parts of Northwest India, including Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Kutch during the next two days.
The update added that dry weather is very likely over west Rajasthan, Punjab and adjoining areas of Haryana over the next five days due to an anticyclonic flow over northwest India. Very light rainfall is expected in Delhi from September 20 to 24. The Safdarjung weather station recorded 5.8 mm of rainfall on Monday.
The monsoon season is considered to be from June 1 to September 30, according to an IMD official. From June 1 to September 18, the Safdarjung weather station, which serves as a marker for the city, has recorded 398.6 mm of rainfall, 35% short of the normal of 615.8 mm. Safdarjung has seen no heavy rain spells in August and September so far this season. In 2021, Safdarjung recorded a large excess in rainfall for the monsoon season, having registered 1,169.7 mm from June 1 to September 30.
Of the nine districts that the IMD considers for rainfall distribution in Delhi, only East Delhi has recorded rainfall in the ‘normal’ range, having recorded 736.6 mm of rainfall from June 1 to September 19. Northeast Delhi and West Delhi have both recorded large deficits in rainfall, having recorded only 248.5 mm and 215.4 mm respectively. All other districts – New Delhi, Central Delhi, North Delhi, Northwest Delhi, South Delhi and Southwest Delhi have recorded deficits in rainfall.
As a whole, the city has recorded a deficit of 38%, having logged 326.2 mm of rainfall against a normal of 525.2 mm till September 19. Delhi has seen deficits in rainfall in 2020, 2019 and 2017 as well. In 2020, Delhi recorded 476.7 mm of rainfall during the monsoon season, which is around 20% short of the normal, according to the IMD’s Rainfall Statistics of India reports. The city saw a lower amount of 380.1 mm during the monsoon in 2019, which is a deficit of around 35%.
In 2018, the rainfall of 647.4 mm fell within the normal range, while 2017 recorded a 30% deficit.
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Monsoon is likely to withdraw from parts of northwest India over the next two days, leaving a rainfall deficit of 35 per cent in Delhi, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD) figures. From June 1 to September 18, the Safdarjung weather station, which provides representative figures for the city, has recorded 398.6 mm of rainfall against a normal of 615.8 mm.
The southwest monsoon hit Delhi on June 30 this year, close to the ‘normal’ onset date of June 27. This year, Delhi received its monsoonal rainfall in July, August and September. At Safdarjung, the month of June saw a deficit of around 67 per cent in rainfall. July recorded an excess of around 37 per cent, while August left behind a large deficit of around 82 per cent. In September so far, Safdarjung has recorded a rainfall deficit of 53 per cent.
Little rain is on the forecast in Delhi over the next two days – very light rainfall is a possibility on Monday, while no rain is likely on Tuesday, the IMD said.
In an update on Monday morning, the IMD said dry weather is likely over Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, west Rajasthan and Punjab during the next five days due to an anticyclonic flow over northwest India. Conditions are therefore becoming favourable for the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon from parts of northwest India during the next two days.
From June 1 to September 18, the city has recorded 326.2 mm of rainfall, which is 38 per cent short of the normal of 523.6 mm. Of the nine districts that the IMD considers for rainfall distribution in Delhi, only a single district, East Delhi, has recorded rainfall in the ‘normal’ range since June 1. Two districts – Northeast Delhi and West Delhi – have recorded a large deficit in rainfall. Central Delhi, New Delhi, North Delhi, Northwest Delhi, South Delhi and Southwest Delhi have recorded rainfall in the ‘deficit’ range from June 1 onwards.
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Over the past three months, two out of the nine districts that the India Meteorological Department (IMD) considers for rainfall data in Delhi have recorded a ‘large deficit’ in rainfall, while five districts have recorded a ‘deficit’. Northeast Delhi and West Delhi have both recorded a large deficit of 60 per cent in rainfall from June 1 to September 2, the IMD data shows. Rainfall that is 60 per cent to 99 per cent below the normal is considered a “large deficit”.
The districts that have recorded a deficit (20% to 59% short of the normal) in rainfall over the same time period are New Delhi, North Delhi, Northwest Delhi, South Delhi and Southwest Delhi.
Little rain is likely over the next six days as well. The possibility of very light rainfall is on the forecast from September 5 to 7, and no rainfall is likely on September 3, 4, 8 and 9. Safdarjung recorded around 8.8 mm of rainfall on Friday, while the weather station on Lodhi Road recorded 18 mm.
The only district that has recorded excess rainfall since June 1 is East Delhi, which registered rainfall 20 per cent above the normal. East Delhi has recorded 668.7 mm of rainfall from June 1 onwards, while West Delhi, which has seen the least amount of rainfall over the same period, recorded only 199.9 mm.
The city as a whole has recorded a deficit of around 33%, having received 302.9 mm of rainfall against a normal of 452.1 mm. The month of August ended with the observatory at Safdarjung, the city’s base weather station, recording an 82% deficit in rainfall.
With little rain, the days have been warm. The maximum temperature is set to hit 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday, nearly four degrees above the normal of 34.3 degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature recorded on Friday was 37.1 degrees Celsius.
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While parts of Delhi-NCR woke up to another spell of rain Tuesday morning, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast issued a little after 9 am said that thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rainfall is likely over Delhi and NCR, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon and Faridabad, over the next two hours.
The IMD forecast indicates that Delhi is likely to receive ‘moderate’ rainfall Tuesday. The maximum temperature is likely to settle at around 35 degrees Celsius, a little below the 36.9 degrees recorded on Monday. The minimum temperature recorded early on Tuesday was 26.2 degrees Celsius, a degree below the normal.
The Safdarjung weather observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded around 2 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am on Monday and 8.30 am on Tuesday. The Ridge in North Delhi recorded a higher amount of 38.2 mm in the same time frame, while Lodhi Road recorded 2.4 mm.
The temperature at 8.30 am on Tuesday was 28 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity at the same time was 93 per cent.
The rainfall that Delhi has been witnessing on Monday and Tuesday came after the city recorded little rainfall in the past 10 days, keeping humidity levels high. While the IMD forecast had earlier indicated that ‘moderate’ rainfall was likely on Saturday, July 9, the city recorded no rain on the day.
Light to moderate rainfall is likely on Wednesday as well while light rainfall is a possibility on Thursday and Friday. Rainfall is not on the forecast for July 16 to 18, though cloudy skies and likely to persist.
With the monsoon trough being active and south of its normal position, light to moderate rainfall activity is also likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Rajasthan on July 12, 13 and 14.
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Delhi Rains: Winds are expected at a speed of 30-40 KM per hour, weather office said. (Representational)
New Delhi:
Delhi and Haryana are likely to receive thunderstorms with light to moderate rains on Thursday, as per India Meteorological Department.
IMD on Wednesday informed that thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds would occur over and adjoining areas of few places of North Delhi, North-West Delhi, West Delhi (Bawana, Mundaka), Sonipat, Kharkhoda (Haryana) during the next two hours.
The gusty winds are expected at a speed of 30-40 Kilometre per hour, IMD added.
On June 7, an ‘orange alert’ was issued for Delhi and other nearby areas concerning a severe heatwave with the temperature varying between 44 to 47 degrees Celsius, according to the IMD.
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