The BSES spokesperson said that heavy rains led to instances of power disruptions in some areas of the city, primarily due to water logging and trees and their branches falling on electricity cables.
Heavy rains lashed parts of Delhi-NCR for the second consecutive day on Friday, causing waterlogging, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, casualties, and injuries that prompted the government to take measures to tackle the situation.
Atishi said that a combined Emergency Control Room of all water-related departments like Delhi Jal Board, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Irrigation and Flood Control Department will be formed, which will monitor waterlogging 24 hours a day and take action.
The meeting will be held at the Delhi Secretariat. All Ministers of the Delhi government and all the officers of the concerned departments are expected to attend the meeting.
After the rain lashed during the early morning hours on Friday brought the national capital to a standstill, Delhi Government has called an emergency meeting at 2 pm at Delhi Secretariat following heavy rainfall and waterlogging.
One person has been reported dead after a portion of the canopy, at Delhi Airport's Terminal 1, collapsed today due to heavy rains in the early morning of Friday.
One person has been reported dead after a portion of the canopy, at Delhi Airport's Terminal 1, collapsed today due to heavy rains in the early morning of Friday.
One person died after a portion of the canopy at Delhi Airport's Terminal 1 collapsed today due to heavy rains in the early morning of Friday, as per the Delhi Fire Services.
Flight operations of airlines like IndiGo and SpiceJet have been impacted after a roof collapsed at Terminal 1 of Delhi airport, on Friday morning, leaving six people injured and one dead.