On Thursday, heavy rains lashed out in the national capital and waterlogging was reported from various parts of the city. As per the Public Works Department (PWD), "areas that witnessed waterlogging included Pul Prahladpur underpass, Mehrauli-Badarpur road, Anand Parbat, Zakhira underpass, Nangloi, Mundka, Uttam Nagar, Rohtak Road, Sangam Vihar, Dabri, Sitapuri, Krishna Nagar, Madhu Vihar, Chhattarpur, Badli, and Kirari."
PWD officials said, "the ground staff was dealing with the waterlogging complaints. Very few waterlogging-related complaints have been received today (Thursday) so far and they were dealt with on priority basis."
As per the reports by the IMD, "till Thursday afternoon, the Safdarjung Observatory, which is considered as the official marker for the city, has received 1159.4 mm of rainfall this season. It had gauged 1,155.6 mm of rainfall in 1975 and 1190.9mm in 1964. The all-time record is 1,420.3 mm rainfall in 1933. Earlier in the morning, the weather department issued an orange alert for moderate rain in Delhi during the day. Light rain is likely on Friday", reported News18.
Mahesh Palawat, vice president, Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency, said, "On and off rains will continue till September 23-24, which means Delhi may record its second-wettest monsoon ever by the time it withdraws." As per the data of IMD, "this is only the third time in the last two decades that the monsoon rainfall in Delhi breached the 1000 mm mark. The city had recorded 1,031.5mm rainfall in the monsoon season in 2010. In 2003, the capital had gauged 1,050 mm of precipitation. Delhi received 636 mm, 544 mm, 876 mm, 370.8 mm and 505.5 mm during the monsoon season in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015, respectively." "It recorded 524.7 mm rainfall in 2016; 641.3 mm in 2017; 762.6 mm in 2018; 404.3 mm in 2019 and 576.5 mm in 2020", as per IMD weather data.
IMD issues Orange Alert
The IMD has issued an orange alert for moderate rain in the city on Thursday, with heavy rain at isolated places. Orange alert is issued as a warning for extremely bad weather, which is likely to flood roads, block drains and disrupt power supply. This season has received 1,146.4 mm of rain, which is the highest in 46 years and almost double of last year's rainfall.