Delhi-NCR rain havoc: 7-year-old drowns in flooded plot, road collapses, car falls into excavation
Incessant monsoon rain battered parts of the Delhi- Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday, triggering massive waterlogging, traffic congestion, residential building collapses, multiple deaths and even
Incessant monsoon rain battered parts of the Delhi- Capital Region (NCR) on Thursday, triggering massive waterlogging, traffic congestion, residential building collapses, multiple deaths and even the collapse of a road that sent a parked car and scooter plunging into a pit. An orange alert was issued for several NCR areas, including Ghaziabad, Noida, Meerut and Gurugram. In one of the most tragic rain-related incidents, a seven-year-old boy drowned in a waterlogged vacant plot in Delhi's Samaypur Badli. Police said the vacant plot had filled with rainwater after two days of continuous rainfall. The child reportedly entered the flooded area, wandered into a deeper section and drowned. Quick answers to key questions • 5 QUESTIONS 1 What tragic incidents occurred in Delhi-NCR due to heavy rain? ⌵ In Delhi-NCR, heavy monsoon rain led to multiple tragedies, including the drowning of a seven-year-old boy in a flooded plot and the collapse of residential buildings, resulting in fatalities. 2 Why is waterlogging a recurring issue in Gurugram? ⌵ Waterlogging is a recurring issue in Gurugram due to inadequate civic infrastructure and a lack of effective year-round drainage planning, as highlighted in a LocalCircles survey.
3 How did continuous rainfall affect roads and vehicles in Ghaziabad? ⌵ Continuous rainfall caused a section of road in Ghaziabad to cave in, damaging parked vehicles. The collapse was attributed to inadequate safety measures during construction. 4 Should residents of Delhi-NCR prepare for flooding during monsoon season? ⌵ Yes, residents should prepare for flooding during the monsoon season due to the area's historical vulnerability to heavy rains and resulting waterlogging. 5 What steps have been taken to address the traffic chaos caused by waterlogging in Gurugram? ⌵ Authorities have deployed teams from the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram to clear waterlogged roads and manage traffic in response to the chaos caused by recent heavy rains. The family grew concerned after his younger brother returned home but Rehan did not. When he failed to return after a long time, relatives began searching for him and alerted the police. "My son had gone out in the morning to attend nature's call. When he did not come back for a long time, we informed our relatives and started searching for him," the mother told news agency PTI.
She said the family later found Rehan's bottle on the stone boundary of the flooded plot. "When we saw the bottle lying on the stone fence, we feared something was wrong. My brother-in-law and other family members searched the water. The plot was filled with rainwater, and my son was found inside a pit in the plot. If it were not filled with water, my son would have been alive today," the grieving mother said. Road caves in, vehicles damaged in Ghaziabad In another incident, a section of road in Vasundhara Sector 13 in Ghaziabad caved in beside an under-construction basement, sending a parked car and scooter into the pit. Fortunately, no one was injured. Ajay Agrawal, whose vehicles were damaged in the incident, said they had been parked outside his residence, where he lives with his brother, Pushkar Singh, a retired superintendent engineer with the Awas Vikas Parishad. Agrawal alleged that a builder had excavated a nearly 20-foot-deep basement without putting adequate safety measures in place. He claimed that continuous rainfall caused a section of the road to collapse into the excavation at around 8 am, dragging the parked vehicles with it.
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