Residents of Aya Nagar in South Delhi were seen protesting against the Delhi Government and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) over damaged roads and persistent waterlogging in the area on Sunday.
On June 28, two children who had left their homes to play in rainwater drowned after falling in a deep rainwater ditch in the New Usmanpur area of Delhi.
As per the predictions by the IMD, intense spells of rain could be accompanied by isolated thunderstorms in several regions, including Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Punjab and other areas.
Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad (Ayodhya), Awadhesh Prasad on Saturday inspected waterlogging in Ayodhya and potholes on Rampath and asserted that there should be a high-level investigation into the matter.
Two boys died allegedly due to drowning near the rainwater-flooded Siraspur underpass in northwest Delhi's Samaypur Badli area on Saturday, police said.
Severe waterlogging was witnessed in the basement area of AIIMS, Delhi, a day after heavy rain lashed the national capital on Friday. AIIMS Media Protocol In-Charge, Rima Dada, said that Operation Theatre (OT) of AIIMS Trauma is yet to start.
After heavy rains left Delhi waterlogged on Friday, services in the operation theatres (OTs) of the Neurosciences Centre of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi were affected as OTs became non-functional, as per a notice by the AIIMS Delhi.
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.