Rainfall causes havoc in Delhi, Atishi calls emergency meeting

Western disturbance has brought relief in Delhi-NCR. It has been raining for the past few days which has brought relief from the heat. There was heavy rain on Friday morning. The rain exposed all the claims being made about the preparations to prevent waterlogging in Delhi. The roads are flooded with rainwater. A car has almost completely drowned due to accumulation of rainwater on Minto Road.

Aam Aadmi Party leaders have called an emergency meeting regarding waterlogging in Delhi. Water drainage will be discussed in this meeting. Mayor Shaili Oberoi says that the people of Delhi will not have to face such problems now. Officials are working on the ground level and taking stock of waterlogged areas.
Due to heavy rains in Delhi, power supply was disrupted in many areas in the morning. Officials of the power distribution companies (Discom) said that power supply was disrupted due to technical faults and precautionary power supply shutdown in waterlogged areas of the city. Officials said that people of Dwarka, Jangpura and Laxmi Nagar said that power supply was disrupted in these areas as soon as rain started in the morning.
LG's meeting amid heavy rains in Delhi
Delhi LG VK Saxena today convened an emergency meeting of all concerned agencies of Delhi Govt, Delhi Jal Board, PWD, I&FC, MCD, NDMC, Delhi Police, DDA and NDRF to review the situation arising out of severe waterlogging, overflow of desilted drains. He also reviewed the preparedness and emergency response of various departments to deal with the situation, as in fact the monsoon season has not yet fully set in.
The Lieutenant Governor directed the officials to set up an emergency control room to deal with the problem of waterlogging. This information has been given by the Lieutenant Governor's Office.
Saurabh Bhardwaj is taking stock of the flood situation in all areas
Delhi minister Saurabh Bhardwaj said, “There has been a lot of rain in Delhi in the last 24 hours. This is the first time in June that there has been so much rain since 1936. Water has filled up everywhere, water has entered people's homes as well. I have been visiting different areas since morning. Efforts are being made to drain out the water. A meeting of all ministers has been called at 2 o'clock.”
Due to heavy rains, waterlogging occurred at many places in Delhi including the residence of Water Minister Atishi. The rain that started early in the morning submerged many parts of the city, major roads and intersections turned into waterways and caused a lot of trouble to the people. Meanwhile, a video surfaced on social media. In which waterlogging is being shown at the residence of Delhi's Water Minister Atishi. In the video, you can see that there is water filled outside and inside Minister Atishi's house.
Shashi Tharoor's bungalow filled with water
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's bungalow in Lutyens' Delhi has also been flooded. Tharoor wrote on X, “This is the corner right outside my house in Lutyens' Delhi. Got up in the morning and saw my whole house-rooms submerged in one foot of water. Carpets and furniture, everything on the floor was ruined. Apparently the storm water drains in the neighbourhood are clogged, so there is no place for the water to drain out. Turned off the electricity from 6 am itself for fear of electrocution to people. Informed my parliamentary colleagues that I cannot reach there without a boat. But the city managed to drain the water from the roads and I reached on time.” Tharoor is a Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.