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Delhi: Today the weather suddenly changed in Delhi ( Delh) NCR and it rained heavily along with strong storm. Along with rain, hail also fell in many places in Delhi NCR. Due to this storm, trees fell in many areas, causing a lot of damage to the people. Before the rain, due to sudden change in weather at around 8.30 pm, dust storm was seen from Noida Sector 10, while in some areas of Delhi, there was rain along with strong storm. During this, a video of rain also came out from Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal-3.
Two died in Delhi
At the same time, it was reported that the wall of a school collapsed due to strong storm in Welcome area of North East Delhi. Apart from this, a tree fell in Gokulpuri due to strong winds and bad weather conditions. SHO Gokulpuri immediately reached the spot with his staff. The police reached the spot and found that 2 motorcycles and a person were buried under the tree. The person was found seriously injured on the spot, whom the police immediately rushed to GTB Hospital through PCR vehicle, where doctors declared him dead during the test. Police said that the name of the 22-year-old deceased is Azhar, a resident of Vijay Mohalla in Maujpur. At the same time, according to PTI, an electric pole near Nizamuddin in New Delhi also fell during the storm, killing one person. delhi
Apart from this, the tree was uprooted on Janpath Road. Here in Noida, UP, many trees were uprooted due to heavy rains accompanied by strong winds. A video has also surfaced from Noida Sector 9 area.
Apart from this, reports of hailstorm in many places along with strong winds and heavy rains came to light in Delhi.
Power outage also occurred in Delhi and Noida
Power outage is also being reported in many areas of Delhi and Noida. Delhi’s power companies Tata Power and BSES gave information about the power outage. Tata Power-DDL said, “Due to dust storm followed by thunderstorm, hail and rain in Delhi, power supply has been disrupted in many areas of the capital such as Bawana, Narela, Jahangirpuri, Civil Lines, Shakti Nagar, Model Town, Wazirabad, Dheerpur, Burari. Power lines were damaged by falling trees and branches. To ensure the safety of people, power supply had to be temporarily suspended in some areas as a precaution to avoid electric shock. Tata Power-DDL teams are engaged in speedy restoration and repair of damaged power infrastructure.
BSES also issued a statement – Thunderstorm and hailstorm accompanied by strong winds and rain caused power disruption in many parts of the city due to falling of trees and their branches on power lines, BSES operations and maintenance teams are on high alert, Quick Response Teams (QRTs) have been deployed immediately to attend to complaints. In most of the cases, power supply is being restored swiftly. However, in some areas, power supply has been disrupted due to fallen trees and their branches Due to the damage caused to the infrastructure, restoration is taking longer than usual.”
Flights were affected
Not only this, due to the strong storm, the lights went out in many places, many flights were also affected at Delhi International Airport. Flight operations were affected at Delhi Airport due to heavy rain and thunderstorm. Airline IndiGo said in a post on social media platform ‘X’, “Our flight schedule is currently affected due to heavy rain and thunderstorm in Delhi, Chandigarh and Kolkata.” Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), the operator of Indira Gandhi International Airport, said that flight operations may be affected due to bad weather conditions and thunderstorm in Delhi.
Air India said in a post on ‘X’ that flights to and from Delhi may be disrupted this evening due to rain and thunderstorm. SpiceJet said on ‘X’, “Due to bad weather (thunderstorm with heavy rain) in Delhi, all departures / arrivals and their related flights may be affected. Apart from this, traffic movement at the airport may also be affected due to heavy rain.” Dial said on ‘X’, “Due to bad weather and thunderstorm in Delhi, flight operations at Delhi Airport may be affected.”
Delhi Metro services also disrupted
DMRC has released a service update. Due to the sudden storm, there has been some damage to OHE or foreign objects falling on the metro tracks at some places. As a result, metro services have been affected on these affected sections on Red, Yellow and Pink lines near Shaheed Nagar, Jahangirpuri and Nizamuddin stations respectively and they are being repaired. Efforts are being made to remove these objects to restore normalcy. However, at the time of writing the news, Delhi Metro has restored the Yellow and Pink lines.
