Rain, hit rush hour traffic in Delhi; hail lash north India
Rain, hit rush hour traffic in Delhi; hail lash north India
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had forecast that Delhi could receive moderate rain from Monday night. The night temperature is expected to rise while the days are expected to get colder with the rain, said an IMD official.
C commuters were caught up in traffic jams in several places across Delhi as heavy rains and hailstorms hit the national capital and its neighboring areas during rush hour on Tuesday morning.
Delhi Traffic Police tweeted advisories asking commuters to avoid stretches as waterlogging was reported in several areas including Mathura Road, Ashram Chowk, Moolchand underpass, Bihar Colony, Chhatrasal Stadium and Savitri Cinema area in Greater Kailas Part 2.
As traffic jams were reported in the national capital, airlines such as Vistara asked its passengers to travel to the airport accordingly.
“Due to rain, there is traffic congestion en route to Delhi airport road. Customers are advised to allow more time for their journey to the airport,” Vistara tweeted. News agency ANI reported that at least 15 trains to the Capital were delayed due to fog and low visibility. Hail storms were reported in areas like Subhash Nagar and Paschim Vihar in the morning in the city, which received rains throughout on Monday night. Some trees were also uprooted after the rains.
The rain and hailstorms caused a sharp dip in temperature in parts of Delhi and its neighboring areas as well.
The minimum temperature recorded was at 11.5 degrees Celsius, which was four notches more than the season’s average. On the other hand, the maximum temperature was at 22.6 degrees Celsius, which was a notch more than the season’s average. The weather office has said heavy to very heavy rain and snow at isolated places is very likely over Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and heavy rain/snow over Uttarakhand.
“A cyclonic circulation has already formed over Rajasthan because of an approaching western disturbance. This is expected to trigger rain across the plains of northwest India, including Delhi, from the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday,” BP Yadav, deputy director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said. Another IMD official said the night temperature is expected to rise while the days are expected to get colder with the rain.
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