The weather of the national capital Delhi changed suddenly on Saturday afternoon and it rained with strong winds in some parts of the city, giving people some respite from the humid heat. Heavy rain followed by cloud cover in many parts of the national capital including East Delhi, Shahdara, North-East Delhi, South Delhi.
The Meteorological Department has predicted generally cloudy sky and light drizzle during the day for Sunday. The maximum and minimum temperatures of the national capital on Sunday are likely to be 36 and 25 degrees respectively. According to the department, relative humidity was recorded between 84 to 78 percent. Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 109, which falls in the ‘moderate’ category.
Around 11 vehicles were damaged after a wall of a school collapsed due to rain in Dilashad Garden area of East Delhi. At the same time, reports of falling of trees have been received in West Shalimar Bagh of Northwest Delhi, BF Block of Shalimar Bagh and Gujranwala Town in Model Town area of North Delhi. Traffic was affected due to rain in many parts of the national capital including the Delhi-Gurugram border.
The maximum temperature recorded in Delhi on Saturday was 35.1 degrees Celsius, which is one degree above the average. The minimum temperature was recorded at 27 degrees Celsius, which is three degrees Celsius more than normal. India Meteorological Department (IMD) gave this information.
Due to rain, traffic was affected in many parts of the national capital including the Delhi-Gurgaon border. Delhi Traffic Police wrote on ‘X’ that due to the fall of a tree near Paras flyover, traffic is affected on the Outer Ring Road in the carriageway from Bhairon Mandir towards Savitri flyover… Please avoid this route…
Traffic police said in another post that traffic is affected due to waterlogging near Ali village on Ashram towards Badarpur Road to Mathura Road. Passengers are advised to plan their journey accordingly. Due to rain, there is heavy traffic jam from Modi Mill to Chirag Delhi flyover, Anand Vihar-Dilshad Garden section, Bharat Nagar, Kirby Place to Nangal Rai flyover, Bawana Road, Professor Joginder Singh Marg near T-Point, Janakpuri to Andhra School. Went. Apart from this, there was traffic jam in front of Kakaji Mandir Road and Nand Nagri Depot due to rain.