Following heavy rain and storm on Monday morning, eight people were injured after the houses collapsed in the Jawalpuri, Gokalpuri, Shankar road and Moti Nagar areas of the national Capital.
According to Atul Garg, the Director, Delhi Fire Service (DFS), three persons received minor injuries after a house collapsed in West Delhi's Jawalpuri.
“A call about the house collapse in Jawalpuri was received at 5:51 AM following which two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. The three who received injuries were shifted to the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital for the treatment,” said Garg.
In a related development, another house collapse was reported in northeast Delhi's Gokalpuri area on Monday morning nine minutes after the first incident, as per fire department call.
“A call regarding the house collapsed was received at 6:05 AM following which two fire tenders were rushed to the spot. No one was injured in the incident,” said Garg. Near about half an hour after the second house collapsed, the fire department dispatched three tenders, including rescue vehicles after a call about another house collapse was received at 6:28 AM from Shankar road area in central Delhi. “Two persons got minor injuries and were shifted to the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital for treatment,” Garg added.
This was followed by another call just after eight minutes about a house collapse in west Delhi's Moti Nagar area. The fire chief said that the call was received at around 6:36 AM following which two rescue vehicles were rushed to the spot.
“Three persons received injuries and were shifted to Acharya Bhikshu Hospital,” he added. All those injured have sustained minor injuries and will be discharged soon, fire officials said.
According to police, 62 PCR calls related to uprooted trees were also received following the storm. Eight vehicles parked on the roadside were also damaged after the trees were uprooted during the storm. None was injured and no casualties were reported, police said.
The thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and rain led to a drastic fall in the surface temperature on Monday. Between 5.40 am and 7 am, the temperature plummeted by 11 notches from 29 degrees Celsius to 18 degrees Celsius.
The minimum temperature at 8.30 am was recorded at 17.2 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average, while 12mm of rainfall was recorded till 8.30 am.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), rains and thunderstorm in Delhi on Monday was the first moderate-intensity storm of this season for the national capital which has was reeling under unprecedented high temperatures for the past few weeks, crossing the 49-degree mark at one occasion.