New Delhi: As rains lashed various parts on the national capital on Thursday morning, BJP MP Gautam Gambhir tweeted a video of people crossing a waterlogged road on a bullock cart targeting Arvind Kejriwal government.
“This is not Tughlaq’s Delhi of the 14th century but of 21st century Tughlaq,” tweeted Mr Gambhir in Hindi.
ये 14वीं सदी के तुग़लक़ की नहीं बल्कि 21वीं सदी के तुग़लक़ की दिल्ली है! pic.twitter.com/zM9ug41cXI
— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) August 13, 2020
The Delhi BJP MP’s tweet came on Delhi witnessed the heaviest spell of rains this monsoon season.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted ‘generally cloudy sky with heavy rain’ in the national capital on Thursday. Waterlogging was seen near New Delhi Railway Station following rainfall. Waterlogging was also observed at an underpass in the Dwarka area following rainfall.
A private bus gets stuck under a waterlogged bridge in #Delhi‘s Tughlakabad area. A proclainer has been brought to the site to pull out the bus. pic.twitter.com/5VMz6OB2xs
— ANI (@ANI) August 13, 2020
“Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur (continue to occur) over and adjoining areas of most places of Delhi, Noida, Greater Noida, Rohtak, Gurugram, Ghaziabad, Faridabad, Palwal, Panipat and Karnal during the next 2 hours”, IMD Official said.
As per the weather agency, the Palam observatory recorded 86 mm rainfall till 5:30 am and the Safdarjung weather station gauged 42.4 mm rainfall.
