Accompanied by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bansuri Swaraj, Verma assured residents that all necessary work, under the jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), is underway and will be completed by May 30 to avoid flooding issues during the upcoming monsoon.
Earlier, the IMD had predicted relatively light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (40-60 km/h), across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand from May 1 to May 6, 2025.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta declared that the "triple-engine government" of the Centre, Delhi, and local bodies is working cohesively to overhaul the capital's faltering infrastructure, as unseasonal heavy rainfall exposed persistent waterlogging issues on Friday.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Friday, expressed grief over the tragic death of four family members and injury to one person due to a tree falling during a heavy storm and rain in Kharkhadi Nahar village, Najafgarh.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a sharp critique of Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led administration of neglecting infrastructure, which led to severe waterlogging across the national capital following unseasonal heavy rainfall on early Friday.
As Delhi grapples with widespread waterlogging and traffic disruptions following heavy, unseasonal rainfall on early Friday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta addressed the crisis, calling the waterlogging problem a "disease" inherited from the previous government.
Following the unseasonal heavy downpour that triggered waterlogging across several parts of Delhi on early Friday, Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma took stock of the situation, highlighting ongoing efforts to address the issue.
The Delhi-NCR witnessed traffic congestion as several trees were uprooted and vehicles broke down amid heavy waterlogging due to a rainstorm earlier today.
Four people, including a woman and her three children, were killed and one injured when a neem tree fell on a tubewell room at a farm in Kharkhari Canal village, Dwarka, due to strong winds on Friday morning.
The district administration of Junagadh removed illegal encroachments from the area, which was located near the extension of the Uparkot Fort. A heavy police force was deployed as the administration took action.