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New Delhi: A man rides his bike on a road near Akshardham amid rainfall, in New Delhi, Saturday, March 18, 2023- PTI..
Amid unprecedented rainfall in the national capital, which causes numerous roads to submerge under knee-deep water and prompted the closure of schools, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that the drainage system is not designed to tackle such a high level of rainfall...
Addressing the media, Kejriwal after holding a meeting over the torrential rains and the rising Yamuna water levels, said that evacuation of people from low-lying areas around Yamuna will start once the river touches the 206-metre mark..
The Yamuna on Monday inched closer to the warning mark in Delhi as Haryana released more water into the river from the Hathnikund barrage amid persistent rains in the upper catchment areas...
While forecasting the exact patterns of such rainfall remains challenging due to its erratic nature, scientists assert that climate change is amplifying the strength and unpredictability of the monsoon...
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