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.
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.
The meeting was conducted to review the situation arising in the city due to waterlogging, overflow of unsilted drains and the backflow of the clogged sewer lines in the wake of the pre-monsoons in the city.
After heavy rain lashed the national capital creating traffic snarls and roadblocks, a few labourers are feared trapped after an under-construction wall collapsed in the Vasant Vihar area.
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.