NEW DELHI: Delhi is expected to see a good spell of rain in the next 48-72 hours. The Met department said on Sunday that the maximum temperature was likely to hover around 35 degrees Celsius on Monday and Tuesday. The rest of the week is also expected to see sporadic showers.
Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD, said the intensity of rain was expected to be strong towards Monday evening with a similar spell on Tuesday, thus bringing down the mercury. “Light-to-moderate showers will occur in the next two days. We can expect decent rain on Wednesday night too. After that, sporadic spells of very light rain and drizzle will occur on Thursday and Friday. With the monsoons here, parts of the city will continue to receive rain and maximum temperature should be around 35 degrees Celsius,” Srivastava said.
On Sunday, “trace” rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung station whereas Najafgarh received 1mm of rainfall between 8:30am and 5:30pm. Overcast skies through the day kept humidity high. The maximum temperature was 35.8 degrees — one degree below normal for this time of the season.
“Humidity levels oscillated between 60% and 83% in the last 24 hours and will continue to be high. High moisture content in the air will bring good rain,” a Met official said.
Monsoon hit the capital on Friday, almost a week late, with 25mm of rainfall recorded on the day. The intensity of rains is likely to increase after July 15. The rain has also brought back Delhi’s air quality to “satisfactory” levels with an AQI of 91. SAFAR, a body under the ministry of earth sciences, stated that the region was witnessing its best air quality in the recent times. “The monsoon period in Delhi is characterised by its best air quality of the year. Widespread rain is expected in the coming days, which will keep AQI in the satisfactory-to-good category,” SAFAR stated.
Good rain, however, is expected to bring its fair share of troubles. While the deadline for desilting of drains ended on June 30, various departments are yet to finish the work of cleaning the drains. With silt lying on roadsides in various parts of the city, the rains may wash it into the drains, resulting in waterlogging. While the corporations claim that they have completed most of the disilting work, they blame PWD and irrigation and flood control department for not transporting the silt to landfills. PWD officials, on the other hand, say that they have desilted 95% of their drains and transported all the silt to the designated areas. “We have even released payment to corporations after receiving silt deposit slips at landfills,” an official claimed.
Over the years, traffic jams, ankle-to knee-deep waterlogging, stranded vehicles and people wading through flooded stretches have become a common sight in the capital during the monsoons.
Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist at IMD, said the intensity of rain was expected to be strong towards Monday evening with a similar spell on Tuesday, thus bringing down the mercury. “Light-to-moderate showers will occur in the next two days. We can expect decent rain on Wednesday night too. After that, sporadic spells of very light rain and drizzle will occur on Thursday and Friday. With the monsoons here, parts of the city will continue to receive rain and maximum temperature should be around 35 degrees Celsius,” Srivastava said.
On Sunday, “trace” rainfall was recorded at Safdarjung station whereas Najafgarh received 1mm of rainfall between 8:30am and 5:30pm. Overcast skies through the day kept humidity high. The maximum temperature was 35.8 degrees — one degree below normal for this time of the season.
“Humidity levels oscillated between 60% and 83% in the last 24 hours and will continue to be high. High moisture content in the air will bring good rain,” a Met official said.
Monsoon hit the capital on Friday, almost a week late, with 25mm of rainfall recorded on the day. The intensity of rains is likely to increase after July 15. The rain has also brought back Delhi’s air quality to “satisfactory” levels with an AQI of 91. SAFAR, a body under the ministry of earth sciences, stated that the region was witnessing its best air quality in the recent times. “The monsoon period in Delhi is characterised by its best air quality of the year. Widespread rain is expected in the coming days, which will keep AQI in the satisfactory-to-good category,” SAFAR stated.
Good rain, however, is expected to bring its fair share of troubles. While the deadline for desilting of drains ended on June 30, various departments are yet to finish the work of cleaning the drains. With silt lying on roadsides in various parts of the city, the rains may wash it into the drains, resulting in waterlogging. While the corporations claim that they have completed most of the disilting work, they blame PWD and irrigation and flood control department for not transporting the silt to landfills. PWD officials, on the other hand, say that they have desilted 95% of their drains and transported all the silt to the designated areas. “We have even released payment to corporations after receiving silt deposit slips at landfills,” an official claimed.
Over the years, traffic jams, ankle-to knee-deep waterlogging, stranded vehicles and people wading through flooded stretches have become a common sight in the capital during the monsoons.
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