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New Delhi, May 3
Five persons, including three children, died, as intense rain and thunderstorms lashed Delhi-NCR on May 2.
Reports of water logging, uprooting of trees and power disruptions were received from several areas in the national capital disrupting traffic and cutting power cables.
As per the details shared by police and fire services, a young woman and her three children — aged 7 years, 5 years and 7 months who were residents of Dwarka’s Jafarpur Kalan, died when a tree collapsed on their house amid heavy rain and thunderstorm. Her husband, who was also trapped under the rubble of the house, has been discharged from the hospital, said police.
A 25-year-old man, Ankit from Green Park was electrocuted after he came in contact with an iron gate of an under-construction property that was electrically charged due to a overhead wire that had snapped after being damaged in the storm. Ankit, a worker at the site, had taken shelter near the main gate to protect himself from rain, police informed.
The Delhi Fire Services (DFS), meanwhile, said that it received at least 80 rain and storm-related calls between 5 am and 10 am.
The heavy downpour also led to the uprooting of several trees, damaging several houses and vehicles.
The MCD received 53 complaints of fallen trees from across the city. Notable locations included near Qutub Minar Metro Station, inside the police colony at Hauz Khas, the Dwarka district court complex, and multiple areas in Defence Colony and Safdarjung Enclave. Uprooted trees damaged houses and vehicles near AIIMS, Safdarjung, and Aurobindo Marg.
The NDMC, meanwhile, received 24 complaints regarding trees being uprooted. However, eight of those were left unattended, as they fell outside its jurisdiction, said officials.
