The weather in Delhi getting drastic since the start of the week’s incident broadcasted, three people from different areas have been reported dead in following weather conditions.
The lifeless body of a man has been pulled out from a waterlogged railway underpass in southeast Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur, police said, taking the death count in Monday’s thunderstorm and heavy rains in the city to three.
A man identified as Kailash, 50, has died after part of a balcony has collapsed on top of him of his neighbor’s house during the strong winds passing through the area while he was standing outside of his residence in the Jama Masjid area.
Following in this weather ruin the Angoori Bagh area of north Delhi as well, by killing a 65-year-old homeless man identified as Basir Baba after a Peepal tree fell on him, the police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Esha Pandey on Tuesday said, “Around 10:22 pm on Monday, a call was received at the Pul Prahladpur police station about a person drowning in the waterlogged railway underpass.”
After investigating the subway for half an hour, divers from a rescue team discovered a man’s body, aged between 45-50 years, and with the tattoo on him “Kiran I Love u” on his right hand, she said. The person has not been identified therefore no one came forward to claim the body. And that the body has been kept at the AIIMS mortuary for an autopsy.
Delhi has encountered intense winds of up to 100 kmph and heavy rains battered the national capital on Monday evening, uprooting hundreds of trees, disrupting road and air traffic, and damaging vehicles and buildings, including the iconic Jama Masjid. According to a meteorologist department official, the Monday storm was the first one of the severe strong storm in Delhi since 2018.
The capital has recorded 17.8 mm of rainfall till 5.30 pm, and the thunderstorm led to a drastic fall in the temperature at the Safdarjung Observatory — from 40 degrees Celsius at 4:20 pm to 25 degrees Celsius at 5:40 pm.
