Delhi Continues To Witness Heavy Rainfall, Air Quality Shows Slight Improvement

Incessant rains continued to lash parts of Delhi and NCR during the early hours. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms over Delhi and NCR on Saturday.

As per the weather department rainfall is mostly expected in day time.

This includes areas like Palam, Safdarjung, Lodi Road, IGI Airport, Mehrauli, Chhattarpur, Ayanagar, Deramandi, Gurugram, Faridabad, and Manesar. Noida and Manesar are also likely to witness moderate to heavy rainfall and lightning.

 Light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms may also prevail over the regions of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. This includes Yamunanagar, Jhajjar, Farukhnagar, and Hodal in Haryana; Saharanpur, Gangoh, Deoband, Muzaffarnagar, Sakoti Tanda, Baraut, Daurala, Baghpat, Meerut, Modinagar, Kithor, and Nandgaon in Uttar Pradesh; and Tizara and Alwar in Rajasthan.

Due to the heavy rainfall and gusty wind on Friday trees were uprooted in several areas of the national capital.

The minimum temperature in the city on Saturday is likely to be recorded at 12 degrees Celsius, with a maximum of 16 degrees Celsius.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi experienced its highest rainfall in December in 15 years on Friday. The heavy rains began in the early hours of Thursday and persisted throughout the day.

Due to incessant rain, Delhi's air quality improved significantly. According to the Central Pollution Control Board, the Air Quality Index (AQI) in the national capital was recorded at 179 at 7am on Saturday.

An AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 is satisfactory, 101-200 is moderate, 201-300 is poor, 301-400 is very poor, and 401-500 is severe.

(With ANI inputs)