A red alert has been issued in Sawai Madhopur, Karoli and Bharatpur. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is predicted alongwith thunderstorms at isolated places in these areas. As per the IMD, waterlogging is also expected in the areas which could affect the daily lives of the people.
Traffic jams in the city due to waterlogging and excessive rains in Jaipur and the nearby areas have posed problems for the party workers in reaching for the Tiranga Yatra, the Congress said.
Heavy rainfall has caused flooding in Gujarat's Valsad with rising water levels in the Auranga River. People from low-lying areas of the region have shifted to safe places.
A woman and her three-year-old son drowned in a waterlogged drain in the Ghazipur area of East Delhi, while a 12-year-old boy died of electrocution in the Bindapur area on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital.
Amid heavy rainfall in the national capital, the Delhi Traffic Police on Wednesday received over 50 complaints regarding waterlogging issues from across Delhi from 6 pm till midnight.
Taking to her official handle on microblogging site X, Atishi posted on Wednesday, "In light of the very heavy rainfall today evening and the forecast of heavy rainfall tomorrow, all schools--government and private--will remain closed tomorrow."
Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, Vinai Kumar Saxena, has cautioned all officers to remain alert in light of the ongoing heavy downpour in the national capital.