All the colleges in Delhi will stay closed on Monday in view of the incessant rain within the nationwide capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has introduced.
Delhi recorded 153 mm rain within the 24-hour interval ending at 8:30 am on Sunday, the very best in a single day in July since 1982, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) stated.
An interplay between a Western Disturbance and monsoonal winds is resulting in an intense rainfall spell over northwest India, together with Delhi, which skilled the season’s first “very heavy” rainfall on Saturday.
“In view of the torrential rains within the final two days and conserving in thoughts the warnings of the meteorological division, all faculties will stay closed on Monday,” Kejriwal stated in a tweet in Hindi.
The Safdarjung observatory, town’s main climate station, recorded 153 mm rain within the 24-hour interval ending at 8:30 am on Sunday, the very best because the 24-hour rainfall of 169.9 mm on July 25, 1982, a senior IMD official stated.
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First Revealed: Jul 09 2023 | 6:25 PM IST