Two dead as heavy rain lashes Delhi, floods roads
A 56-year-old pick-up truck driver drowned while trying to manoeuvre his vehicle through the waterlogged underpass at Minto Bridge, many shanties collapsed and low-lying areas were inundated as heavy rain lashed Delhi on Sunday.
The city received its first spell of heavy rains this morning with 74.8 mm rainfall being recorded till 8:30 am. Another man, 55, was electrocuted in Delhi's Jahagirpuri area.
According to officials, waterlogging was reported at several places like Minto Road and under the railway bridge, both carriageways of GTK Depot, Azadpur underpass, Guru Nanak Chowk on Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, South Avenue Road and Pul Prahladpur underpass on M B Road.
5 die in flood-related incidents in Assam
Five more people died in floodrelated incidents in Assam where the deluge has hit over 2.5 million people in 24 of the 33 districts of the state, according to an official bulletin issued on Sunday.
One death each was reported from Baghbar in Barpeta district, Baganpara in Baksa district, Bilasipara in Dhubri district, Mayong in Morigaon district and Kaliabor in Nagaon district, according to the daily flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). The death toll due to floods and landslides this year has increased to 110, with 84 dying in flood-related incidents, it said.
The ASDMA said over 2.5 million persons are hit in Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Baksa, Nalbari, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, South Salmara, Goalpara, Kamrup, Kamrup Metropolitan, Morigaon, Nagaon, Golaghat, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Cachar districts. Goalpara is the worst hit with over 453,000 people, followed by Barpeta with around 344,000 and Morigaon with more than 341,000 people.