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In Gurugram, the downpour triggered extreme waterlogging and lengthy site visitors snarls, prompting the District Catastrophe Administration Authority (DDMA) to implement an orange alert. All faculties, schools and workplaces have been ordered shut on Tuesday, with work-from-home suggested. Congestion was reported on Hero Honda Chowk, Sohna Highway, IFFCO Chowk, NH-48, Golf Course Highway and MG Highway, with some stretches submerged below knee-deep water.
Yamuna River Crosses Hazard Mark
In Delhi, steady rainfall led to gridlocked roads throughout town. The Yamuna river crossed the hazard mark at Loha Pul, forcing the Shahdara district administration to droop site visitors and pedestrian motion on the bridge from 5 pm, September 2.
On the Palam airport, visibility plummeted from 2,500 metres at 2.30 pm to 800 metres by 3 pm throughout a heavy spell of rain, in keeping with IMD information. By 5.30 pm, Safdarjung had recorded 18.6 mm of rainfall, Palam 30.8 mm, Aya Nagar 48.9 mm, and Lodhi Highway 16.2 mm.
The alert zone extends past NCR, with the IMD putting Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand below crimson warning for very heavy to extraordinarily heavy rain and flash floods, whereas Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir stay below orange alert.
