Rainfall in Delhi: Light showers started in Delhi and adjoining NCR areas from 2.00 pm on Thursday (30 October). Meanwhile, Delhiites troubled by smog and pollution got a sigh of relief. Hopes are being raised that the work which artificial rain could not do, will now be done by natural rain and there will be some improvement in AQI.

Let us tell you that due to pollution, Delhi remained wrapped in a blanket of smog and fog since Thursday morning. The air of the city was in ‘poor’ category for the last few days, which has now fallen to ‘very poor’ category. According to the Pollution Control Board, AQI 357 has been recorded in Delhi, which was 279 a day earlier.

The ventilation index is also in a worrying situation.

With the decline in air quality, visibility has also reduced in many parts of the city. According to the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, the city’s ‘ventilation index’ remains below the optimum level of 6,000 square meters per second. This index indicates the atmospheric ability to disperse pollutants.

According to the ‘Ventilation Index’, weak winds with a speed of less than 10 km per hour and dense fog have prevented the pollutants from being dispersed, resulting in a hazy sky, PTI reported.

This was the visibility in the areas of Delhi

The IMD recorded visibility of 1,000 meters in Palam and 800 meters in Safdarjung at 7:30 am. The air condition remained calm at both the places. Areas like Dutta Path, Anand Vihar, Burari and Akshardham remained covered with fog in the early hours of the morning.

According to CPCB data, the air quality in Vivek Vihar and Anand Vihar reached ‘severe’ category, where the AQI was recorded at 415 and 408 respectively. A total of 33 monitoring stations in Delhi recorded air quality above 300, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category.

The national capital of the country, Delhi received heavy rains in many areas on Saturday (August 16). After the rain on the occasion of Janmashtami, there is some relief from the humid heat. Due to heavy rains in some areas, the speed of trains slowed down. The problem of waterlogging is also visible in many places. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had already forecast rain in Delhi on Saturday.

Photos also came near Bangla Sahib Gurdwara area of Delhi. Many children were seen having fun on the road in the rain, they were seen playing in water. At the same time, the speed of traffic looked a bit slow in this area too.

VIDEO | Rain lashes parts of delhi. Visuals from Near Bangla Sahib Gurudwara Area.

(Full video available on pti videos – https://t.co/n147tvrpg7, pic.twitter.com/zt7jfkQgu3

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) August 16, 2025

Waterlogging in many places due to rain

People were also seen around India Gate in the rain. Many tourists were seen enjoying the rain. On Saturday too, the game of blind and sun continued between the clouds and the sun and the clouds were rained by the evening. Due to rain, along with waterlogging, traffic jams and drainage systems were also seen in many places.

How will the weather be on August 17

On Saturday, the minimum temperature in the national capital was recorded at 1.5 degrees below normal. IMD has also predicted cloudy and light rain on Sunday (August 17), while the maximum temperature is expected to be around 33 degrees Celsius. On Saturday, relative humidity was recorded at 90 percent at 8.30 am. According to data from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 112 at 9 am on Saturday, which falls in the ‘satisfactory’ category.

2 children died due to wall collapse in Vasant Vihar

Earlier on August 14, 2 children died due to heavy rains and waterlogging in the Vasant Vihar area of Southwest Delhi. A case has been registered in this regard. Police said one of the dead was nine years old, while the other was 10 years old. Police said that the incident took place near Hanuman temple in Basant Nagar on Thursday evening.

The national capital Delhi received heavy rains at many places on Tuesday (July 22). Due to this, waterlogging has occurred on many roads of Delhi. Not only this, due to pits built at many places, traffic jams occurred due to uprooting of the recently laid asphalt on some roads. Because of this, people had to face a lot of problems.

ITO, Old Rohtak Road, Delhi-Jaipur National Highway (NH-8), Mehrauli-Bedarpur Road, Mehrauli-Guraugram Road, Piragadhi to ISBT (Interstate Bus Station), Madhuban Chowk, Delhi-Ghaziabad and National Highway-9 were in heavy jams for several hours.

Mehrauli-Badarpur route jam affected the most

The Mehrauli-Badarpur route was the most affected, where there was a jam till noon. People resorted to social media platform ‘X’ to share their problems related to being stuck in jam for hours. A passenger said, “I left for Gurugram from Delhi at eight in the morning, stuck in a jam near the airport. There was a huge jam. In two hours, he was able to cover the distance of only 18 kilometers.

Traffic stalled from Nangloi towards Najafgarh

Another ‘X’ users wrote, “It took me two hours to cover a distance of 30 kilometers on the Gurugram-Delhi route.” Traffic from Nangloi towards Najafgarh was completely stalled. Another passenger told that he was stuck in a jam for more than 30 minutes to travel just one kilometer on the Delhi-Ghaziabad road.

Traffic police accused of not issuing timely alert

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Safdarjung Hospital and roads leading to the ashram were jammed in many parts of South Delhi. Many people also accused the Delhi Traffic Police of not issuing timely alerts or not deploying police personnel to handle the situation. A passenger said, “Not a single person of Delhi Police or Delhi Traffic Police is present for help. Many people were stranded for hours due to heavy waterlogging on Mehrauli-Badarpur road.