New Delhi. The country’s capital Delhi received heavy rains on Wednesday. Due to rain till late night, waterlogging occurred at many places in the capital. A 22-year-old woman and her child died after falling into a drain in Mayur Vihar area amid rain in Delhi. 2 other people were injured in another accident. All schools will remain closed in Delhi today. Heavy rains also occurred in many places in NCR including Gurugram, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad adjacent to Delhi. There is news of 2 people getting injured due to the collapse of a part of the roof in a gym in Greater Noida. At the same time, the Meteorological Department has said that there may be heavy rain in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana even today. Apart from this, the Meteorological Department has expressed the possibility of heavy rain in Uttarakhand as well. A cloudburst warning has also been issued in the area of Kedarnath.
The Meteorological Department has said that Himachal Pradesh will also receive heavy rains. Apart from this, the Meteorological Department has warned of heavy to very heavy rains in western UP. According to the forecast, heavy rains are expected in eastern Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra till Friday. The Meteorological Department has also issued an orange alert for the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. Very heavy rains are also expected in many areas of Gujarat. Heavy rains have also been predicted for Chhattisgarh. According to the Meteorological Department, heavy rains may occur in many areas including Wayanad in Kerala. An alert has been issued for here as well. At the same time, there are chances of heavy rains in Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur.
According to the information, the rain did not cause accidents only in Delhi. Rains also caused accidents in different parts of UP in the last 24 hours. 15 people lost their lives in these. At the same time, there is news of 3 people losing their lives in Roorkee area of Uttarakhand. The Meteorological Department had already informed that there may be heavy rains across the country from July to the end of September. However, there are still some states where the rain has decreased. In June, there was 19 percent less rain than the average across the country. The rain is expected to intensify from the end of July.