New Delhi: “Where do ordinary people go to make themselves heard? When will we finally relieve this severe water hole? Is there a responsible agency to the public or the game blamed for their only strategy?” Foaned BS Vohra, Head Delhi Timur Delhi Rwas.
Like him, Delhies frustrated down to social media on Saturday to awaken collective sighs of the failure of civil institutions in making provincial proof of the city.
Rainfall recording until Friday and Saturday morning brought its way flooded with roads and gridlocks of traffic.
Two buses are stuck under the bridge in East Delhi, while underpasses are submerged in several regions.
The most accurate image of the wet chaos that day is a boat deployed to manage the situation at Pul Prahladpur, which has been flooded every time it rains this year.
Delhi traffic police said the situation returned to near normal after the waters receded in most of the most places by Saturday afternoon.
At that time, two buses were stranded under the bridge near the welcome metro station in East Delhi during underpass and underbridges in Moolchand, Pul Prahladpur, Dwarka, Dairy, Rajokri, Vivek Vihar, Tilak Bridge and Mango Bridge left.
The situation is no better on the inner colony and water entering houses in colonies in the walled and East Delhi City.
The market like conscious Bazar is in knee water like Chandni Chowk is rebuilt.
Train operations in Delhi were also affected by the period of 8-11.30 in the morning, with at least seven trains rescheduled due to water surgery among New Delhi and Nizamuddin stations and between New Delhi and Old Delhi train stations.
“Even though the train operation was continued after 11:30 a.m., there was a delay,” said Deepak Kumar, CPRO, North Railway.
East Delhi Municipal Corporation reported the collapse of mostly in Johripur and received water complaints from 16 regions, including Vihar Mayur, Patparigaj, Kondli Tua, Shastri Park Metro Station, Anand Vinod Nagar, Vinod Nagar, and extensions.
In Shahdara, a similar complaint came from Sonia Vihar, New Anglam, Dilshad Garden, Shivaji Park, Naveen Shahdara and Old Mustafabad.
SDMC reported waterlogging in several places in the south zone and the center, although nothing from the Najafgarh zone.
There are 15 cases of trees falling in Govindpuri, Ring Road near Lajpat Nagar, South Extension II, Kalkaji, Nizamuddin West, Munirka, Mandakini Enclave Alaknanda, Panchsheel Enclave, CR Park and RK Puram Sector 3.
Commuter forced to spend hours stuck cross.
Rahul Ashra said he advanced with the speed of the snail in the Rajghat area for more than three hours.
“Why isn’t there a police team in a stretch? The ambulance is trapped in congestion and is very much for help,” Ashra said.
Designed as will handle a maximum of 50mm rain in a day, the Delhi aging drainage system cannot overcome downpour Saturday, measured at 138.8mm at the Safdarjung weather station.
The crisis highlights the need to accelerate the implementation of the new drainage masterplan prepared by IIT-Delhi.
The IIT-D report, received by the Delhi government in 2019, took almost a decade to complete.
But stay on paper even today.
Some of its recommendations are the recovery of natural drain systems, separation of wastewater and stormwater drain channels and increased drain effectiveness is struck with public appearance and certification at solving.
Some agents and the absence of framework have hit Delhi drainage.
To manage the Stormwater network of 3,700 km, Delhi has 10 agents, including companies, PWD, DSIIDC, DDA and the state government flood control department.