Parts of Delhi-NCR and its adjoining areas are all set to witness heavy monsoon rains and thunderstorms starting Wednesday, July 29. In view of this forecast, an orange alert has been placed over four states and union territories in the region on Wednesday and Thursday.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the monsoon trough, currently running through the foothills of the Himalayas, is expected to shift southwards from Wednesday, July 29 onwards.
This shift will bring about widespread rainfall, along with isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Chandigarh from Wednesday to Friday, July 29-31.
Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD’s regional forecasting centre in New Delhi said that,”Currently monsoon trough is running close to foothills of Himalaya. From the evening of July 28, monsoon trough (i.e. line of low pressure) would shift southwards and continue to pass very close to Delhi-NCR, during the evening of July 28 to July 30″.
Furthermore, the weather bureau has warned that heavy rainfall could lead to traffic snarls due to flooding on roads, along with waterlogging in low-lying areas and disruption of municipal services like water and electricity.
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