Delhi Water Minister Atishi on Sunday inspected the Chandrawal water treatment plant in the city, where flooding caused by rain had damaged the engines, leading to water supply disruptions in many parts of central Delhi.

The minister said she had ordered officials to repair the pump house as soon as possible.

Click here to connect with us via WhatsApp

“Due to unexpected rains, the pump house of Chandrawal Water Treatment Plant was flooded, damaging the motors. This caused supply disruptions in many parts of Central Delhi. The Jal Board worked quickly to resolve this issue and the plant has been repaired to almost 80% and soon the supply will be back to normal,” Atishi said in a post on X.

“Today we inspected the plant and ordered the officials to repair the pump house as soon as possible and through a joint inspection to ensure that this problem does not occur in any plant in the future,” she added.

Heavy rains lashed a large part of the capital Delhi on Friday and Saturday, leading to floods, traffic jams, rain-related accidents, and deaths and injuries. The government took steps to control the situation.

Due to water intrusion, traffic is restricted at the Okhla underpass, Delhi Traffic Police said on Sunday. “Due to water intrusion, traffic is restricted at the Okhla underpass. Please plan your journey accordingly,” the traffic police posted on X.

Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man drowned on Saturday in the waters of the Okhla underpass, which was flooded in the capital on Friday following heavy rains.

In another incident, two boys reportedly drowned near the rainwater-flooded Siraspur underpass in northwest Delhi's Samaypur Badli district on Saturday, police said.

Earlier this week, the capital experienced its heaviest rainfall in 88 years.

According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi received 228 mm of rainfall between 8:30 am on Thursday, June 27, and 8:30 am on Friday, June 28. This is the highest 24-hour rainfall in a June recorded by the national capital since 1936, when 235.5 mm was recorded.