Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta visited several rain-affected areas including Majnu Ka Tilla and ITO, taking stock of the situation and coordinating relief efforts with the authorities. The weather caused disruption across the national capital leading to the delay of nearly 100 flights.
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00:00All right, news is coming in. The Delhi Chief Minister is visiting waterlogged suites in the national capital.
00:05Rekha Gupta takes stock. She is in Delhi's Majnuka Teela, which always is very prone to flooding during rains of this kind.
00:14Rain-causing jams and waterlogging in several parts of the national capital.
00:18The Delhi Chief Minister is there taking stock of the situation, inspecting the waterlogged roads at Delhi's Majnuka Teela at this point in time.
00:26And pictures are from Majnuka Teela in Delhi, where this waterlogging has taken place.
00:31And that's where the Chief Minister is. You can see her on your screens, examining or looking at the situation there.
00:40Delhi Chief Minister, they are taking stock of the situation.
00:43Rains in the national capital and as a result, there has been waterlogging in several parts of Delhi, causing great amount of inconvenience to regular commuters there.
00:51Trees have fallen and there are traffic jams, waterlogging that you can see on your screens at this point in time.
00:59Take a look at what the Chief Minister said just a while ago.
01:02The Chief Minister said just a while ago.
01:32Rain, thunderstorms, Lash, Delhi NCR, a red alert has been issued amid massive waterlogging.
01:39The Chief Minister is there taking stock of the situation, talking about the kind of work that the previous ARP government had done,
01:46which has led them to the situation where the waterlogging continues.
01:50Majnuka Teela is where the Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is at this point in time.
01:55Remember, we woke up to heavy rain, thunderstorms, strong winds and waterlogging has been seen in several parts of the city, of Delhi City.
02:04The downpour has brought much needed relief, but take a look at the pictures coming in of devastation and also of waterlogging that has been seen.
02:13The Delhi Chief Minister is, in fact, taking stock.
02:17Amit is with us for the very latest on that.
02:20Amit, the Delhi Chief Minister is taking stock of the situation in the worst-hit areas.
02:24She has also said that part of the problem is that the Delhi government, led by the previous Amadmi Party,
02:30did not do much to improve this and that she is going to work in this direction.
02:34What's the plan? Talk to us about that.
02:36Right, Sneha. You know, I'm standing right at the spot where Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is
02:46and where she was actually describing as to what is the situation in the national capital right now.
02:52So, instead of dodging or denying the fact that Delhiwalas are going through a trouble,
02:57she did acknowledge the fact that thousands of people are on the roads of the national capital
03:02who are stuck in traffic jam, heavy traffic jam, caused by the waterlogging situation in different parts of the national capital.
03:10She did mention the fact that this is happening because of the misgovernance of the previous Amadmi Party government
03:17or the erstwhile Amadmi Party government.
03:19And now her government is, you know, working in tandem with different agencies,
03:23in coordination of different agencies in order to control the situation.
03:28And we have also seen as to how different ministers or, you know, departments of the Delhi government
03:34are on their toes since this morning when we saw heavy downpour in the national capital.
03:39Pervez, Saheb Singh Verma, Delhi minister, was himself on the streets.
03:44Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, while coming to this particular spot,
03:47Sevanagar, where she is to, you know, flag off electric vehicles for the Delhiwalas,
03:54that's where she said that on the way to this particular spot,
03:58she has taken stock of the situation, also coordinated with different agencies
04:02and each of them have been asked to, you know, work round the clock in order to control the situation.
04:08But there's also a question mark, Sneha, certainly, that in the month of March,
04:13it is the time when Delhi prepares itself for the monsoon
04:16and the desilting activity begins from month of March itself.
04:20So, if you have, you know, this early rains happening in the national capital,
04:27is it not a question mark on the preparations that were being done so far
04:30by different agencies including PWD and the MCD and other agencies
04:36who are responsible for maintenance of the sewage across the national capital?
04:42So, it's also sort of a wake-up call for those agencies,
04:45but certainly Rekha Gupta is saying that her government is trying to fix the entire system.
04:50Back to you.
04:52So, you did mention that, but take us through the details of, you know,
04:56what really is the situation like as of now.
04:58This, of course, is Majnuka Teela, but water logging and inconvenience has been reported
05:02from various parts of Delhi.
05:04So, give us an overview of the situation, Amit.
05:06Right, Snaya.
05:12You know, beginning with Minto Bridge, it has become an annual affair
05:15that the moment you have heavy danpour in the national capital,
05:19the first area which will be affected by water logging will be Minto Bridge
05:24and this is, it was no exception this morning as well.
05:28By 7 in the morning, you had vehicles getting stuck in the,
05:31right in the heart of the national capital,
05:33right next to the Connaught Place, Minto Bridge area.
05:37But the only difference this time around we saw was the agencies had started to respond.
05:43However, it was also a fact that Rekha Gupta's visit to that particular spot
05:46was also announced that she is expected to go there by 8.30
05:50and by 8 in the morning itself, the water logging situation at Minto Bridge was dealt with.
05:54At ITO, the sewer water was actually overflowing and it had submerged several parts of the lane
06:01which is the main connection lane of the main, you know, Lutyens, Delhi
06:06and the east, eastern parts of the national capital.
06:10So, that area you had slow traffic moving because of the water logging situation
06:14or the roads being submerged by the sewage water.
06:17In Khan Market area, you had pre-filling instances at Barakamba Road
06:21because of the gusty winds, tree had fallen in the sub lane of Barakamba
06:26which had blocked that particular sub lane as well.
06:29Similar visuals are also coming from areas nearby Dholakuan.
06:34We know for a matter of fact that on working days, it's usually heavy traffic area
06:38because people from Delhi lived towards Gurgaon for work
06:41and those living in Gurgaon also come towards Delhi for their work
06:45and because of the heavy downpour, you had, you know, half of the lane or half of the road
06:51in these areas also getting submerged because of the heavy water on the roads
06:56which eventually led to slowing down of the traffic.
07:00But certainly, there are claims by the Delhi government that different agencies
07:05be it the PWD or the MCD or other departments who are responsible for maintenance of the civil lines
07:12in the national capital, they are working in tandem in order to control the situation.
07:16But certainly, this morning when Delhi Wallas woke up, they woke up to heavy downpour of water, gusty winds.
07:24It might have been a sug of relief for them from the temperature, that rising temperature
07:30that we have been witnessing in Delhi, especially the fact that April this time around
07:34was one of the hottest Aprils in the recent times.
07:37That's right.
07:37There are projections forecast for May as well that May is going to be extremely hot.
07:42So, it was a respite from that heat but certainly also trouble when they were heading towards their workplaces.
07:49Undoubtedly. Undoubtedly.
07:50Amit, I'm going to leave it at that for the moment.
07:51The Chief Minister is taking stock of the situation in Delhi
07:54but questions of course being raised about why this could not be anticipated
07:58and also whether the desilting work that is usually done during the month of March
08:03in preparedness for the upcoming rains, was that not done is the big question here.