The principal bench of NGT headed by its Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel was hearing an application moved by Dr Bishwanath Prasad Singh against the Greater Noida Development Authority and other respondents in order to avoid the blockage of rainwater drainages in the city.
The Pragati Maidan tunnel allows commuters travelling to India Gate and other central Delhi areas from east Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad to ditch traffic snarls at ITO, Mathura Road, Ring Road and Bhairon Marg.
According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi’s minimum temperature was 19 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average.
India Meteorological Department (IMD), the national weather forecasting agency in an official statement said that thunderstorm with moderate to heavy intensity rain would continue over many parts of Delhi and adjoining areas during the next two hours.
Parts of Delhi-NCR witnessed incessant overnight rainfall along with strong winds on Saturday morning that caused waterlogging in several parts of the city. In the midst of the monsoon season, the national capital has been receiving spells of rain.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Delhi following heavy and continuous rainfall in the national capital.
Beginning a 'Short Duration Discussion' on issue, AAP member Akhilesh Pati Tripathi blamed BJP-ruled Municipal Corporations of Delhi, claiming that they failed to provide better civic services to the citizens.
Delhi has been witnessing incessant rains since the wee hours today. Rains delayed the break of dawn with clouds hovering over and now, waterlogging seems to have become a common problem across the city and adjoining areas.
Delhi Rains Update: Waterlogging has been reported in several areas like Palam, Pragati Maidan, ITO, Dhaula Kuan due to heavy rains since morning.
The high court noted that on the one hand, there is logging and on the other an acute shortage of water."This we say so that the department can look into this aspect and consider rainwater harvesting near those sites, where there are clogging and collection of water," the bench said.
13-year-old dies after water tanker crashes through roof in Ghaziabad's Sahibabad: The girl was crushed under the debris of the water tanker which breached the roofs of two floors of a three-storey house. The locals say that the roof had weakened after heavy rains.
New Delhi: Light to moderate rain lashed parts of the capital today leading to rise in humidity level and waterlogging in several areas.“Moderate rain was registered in the national capital with Safdarjung observatory recording 35.8
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court said it will issue detailed directions to curb water-logging in the national capital after perusing judicial records and reports filed by various civic agencies on the issue.A bench of
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