Rain leaves city in dire straits

The Capital recorded widespread light to moderate showers on Wednesday morning which for the second consecutive day led to waterlogging in several areas and traffic snarls during peak office hours.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

Though no colour-coded alerts are in place for Thursday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast similar weather to persist, with light to moderate rain likely in the city. A drop in rain intensity, however, is likely from Friday, with scattered light rain expected till Sunday, it said.

In the 24 hours till 8.30am, base weather station Safdarjung logged 14.4mm of rain. In the same period, Lodhi Road recorded 20.6mm, Palam 1.9mm, Ridge 32.8mm, Pragati Maidan 38.9mm, Pusa 23.5mm, Najafgarh 13mm and Janakpuri recorded 18.5mm rain.

Scattered light rain was also witnessed around noon as well. Between 8.30am and 5.30pm, Safdarjung added another 9.3mm of rainfall, crossing the 150mm-mark in monthly rainfall. With 151.2mm rain in July so far, the station inched closer to its monthly long-period average of 209.7mm. Last year, 203.7mm was logged and 384.6mm was seen in 2023.