Delhi continued to rain intermittently on Monday and the Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to heavy rainfall in the coming days. Keeping in mind the heavy rains in Delhi-NCR on Monday and the forecast of heavy rains on September 2, it was directed to operate schools and offices in online format in Gurugram on Tuesday.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert for heavy rains in Delhi-NCR including Noida, Gurugram and Ghaziabad amidst continuous monsoon rains in North India. Today’s weather forecast has been warned of heavy rains for Delhi. Due to heavy rains in Gurugram, there has been a situation of severe waterlogging and large -scale traffic jams, which is reported to have a 7 km long traffic jam.
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The District Disaster Management Authority has issued an orange alert for Gurgaon and has advised to close all schools, colleges and offices, as well as to work from home. Meanwhile, Noida and Ghaziabad are also receiving heavy rains today.
The IMD season alert extends to Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, where a red alert has been issued for sudden flood and threat of very heavy rainfall. Orange warning is currently underway in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. According to today’s weather forecast, schools and offices are expected to be closed to ensure security in the affected areas.
Consultation said, “In view of the above forecasting, all corporate offices and private institutions in the district are advised to allow their employees to work from home and all schools in the district are advised to conduct online classes on September 2.” In addition, there was a traffic jam on the Delhi-Jaipur highway due to continuous rains in Gurugram. There is news of a huge jam on IFFCO Chowk flyover from Sirhaul border to Manesar. The Wazirabad area of the district recorded the highest 85 mm (mm) rainfall, causing waterlogging in many places.
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Congress MP Randeep Singh Surjewala criticized the ‘Triple Engine Model’ of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the traffic jam was broadcast on social media. Surjewala said on ‘X’, “Two -hour rain means 20 km long jam in Gurugram. Since Chief Minister Naib Saini only fly in ‘government helicopters’ and does not travel on ‘road’, so it is the ‘helicopter shot’ of the highway in Gurugram.”
He allegedly attached a 40-second video of the highway in the post and wrote, “This is the ‘triple engine model’ of the BJP of Millennium City Urban Development, Central Government-State Sarkar-Gurugram Municipal Corporation.” The Meteorological Department said that till 5:30 pm in Delhi, Safdarjung recorded 18.6 mm in Safdarjung, 30.8 mm in Palam, 48.9 mm in Aya Nagar and 16.2 mm in Lodhi Road. According to the department, the minimum visibility was recorded at 800 meters at Palam Airport at around 3 pm on Monday afternoon. Visibility was 2,500 meters at half past two in the afternoon, which decreased to 800 meters at three o’clock.
Mahesh Palawat, vice-president of the meteorological and climate change affairs of the private weather forecast agency ‘Skymet’, said that the city will continue to rain intermittently till September 5. He said, “This phase of rain started with monsoon and unusually active Western disturbance time. Due to this, the Himalayan states are receiving heavy rainfall and it is also affecting the weather of Delhi. ”The Meteorological Department has predicted cloudy sky and moderate rains on Tuesday.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to be around 31 and 22 ° C respectively. The maximum temperature in Delhi on Monday was 30.8 degrees Celsius, which is 3.7 degrees below normal. The minimum temperature was recorded at 23.7 ° C, which is 2.8 ° C lower at the average of the season. The air quality index (AQI) in the national capital at four in the evening was 60 which falls in the ‘satisfactory’ category. According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), AQI between zero to 50 is considered ‘good’, ‘satisfactory’ between 51 and 100, ‘medium’ between 101 and 200, ‘bad’ between 201 and 300, ‘bad’, ‘very poor’ between 301 and 400 and ‘severe’ between 401 and 500.