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.

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– 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.

Imd declared monsoon in india: For the past several days, the people of Delhi NCR were waiting for the monsoon. Now that wait is over, because information about the monsoon knock from the Meteorological Department has come out. Scientist Dr. Naresh Kumar of the Meteorological Department said that on June 29, the monsoon including Delhi NCR has knocked across the country.

According to the information given by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the South-West monsoon has covered the entire country by Sunday (June 29, 2025), while the general date is July 8. This happened 9 days before normal. Along with this, there are also estimates of heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next 7 days in many parts of North-West, Central, Eastern and Northeast India and the Meteorological Department has also issued a warning of extremely heavy rainfall (> 20 cm/24 hours) at some places in Jharkhand (29 and 30 June) and Odisha (29 June).

Monsoon knocked

The Meteorological Department has informed that the monsoon has knocked throughout India. On this, the scientist of the Indian Meteorological Department, Naresh Kumar said that at this time the entire India is full of clouds. Especially Northwest area. The reason for this is that the low pressure area remains, Danes is cloud. Due to the low pressure area, the monsoon conditions are performed and now the whole of India has been covered. The monsoon has reached Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and the entire Delhi on 29 June, due to which it has spread throughout India. The monsoon trough is spread through the lower pressure sector in the north-west area of ​​the Bay of Ferozepur, Sonepat, Ayodhya, Gaya Ji, Purulia, Bengal to the Bay of North-East Bengal.

Red alert in many states of the country

Dr. Naresh Kumar said that red alert has been given in Himachal and Uttarakhand, the reason is that there is a lot of rainfall activity, right now there is a red alert in Jharkhand.

Orange alert in many states including Delhi-NCR

The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi-NCR. It is also estimated here that very heavy rainfall may be there. This alert is going to remain for 2 to 3 days. From June 29 to July 2 in Delhi/NCR, the Meteorological Department predicts that the maximum temperature is up to 31-34 ° C, 4-6 ° C less than normal. It can usually be surrounded by clouds and thunder with thunder moderate rain, electricity, and strong winds (30-40 km/h).

How is the weather going till 29 June – 5 July

East and Central India: Excessive heavy rainfall: Jharkhand (29-30 June), Odisha (June 29). Heavy to very heavy rainfall: Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand. Light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds.

North-West India: Heavy rain: Himachal, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh very heavy rainfall: Uttarakhand, Himachal, Punjab (29-30 June), West UP (June 29-2 July)

Western India: Heavy rainfall for 7 consecutive days in Konkan, Goa, Ghat area, Gujarat.

Northeast India: Very heavy rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura till 2–5 July.

South India: Kerala, Karnataka is estimated to have heavy rainfall and strong winds.

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