According to records, there have been close to 20 recorded deaths in Delhi over the last two months as a result of electrocution or drowning brought on by waterlogging.
New Delhi,12 August 2024
Waterlogging in Delhi has claimed the lives of about twenty persons in the last two months. These fatalities were brought on either electrocution or drowning. Children between the ages of three and ten made up at least six of the victims. Data revealed that up to 11 persons perished by drowning and seven by electrocution in areas that were flooded.
In the wet basement of Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar, Delhi, three UPSC aspirants drowned to death: Tania Soni (25), Shreya Yadav (25), and Navin Delvin (28).
Adults made up the majority of electrocution victims. In two instances, residents died as a result of touching live wire when rainfall collected on their property or outside their home.
At the most recent event, a 7-year-old boy drowned on Saturday at a soggy park in Rohini, Delhi. He had gone there to play with his buddies following days of torrential rain that severely flooded the capital city and surrounding areas. The police claim that the appropriate legal action has been taken.
In another incident on Saturday, a 13-year-old boy from the Ranhola neighborhood outside Delhi died after being electrocuted at a cricket stadium. While attempting to recover a ball at the Kotla Vihar Phase 2 cricket ground, the child got into contact with an iron pole carrying an electric wire, according to the Delhi Police and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital.
In Delhi, a 26-year-old UPSC candidate was fatally electrocuted three weeks ago. The incident happened close to the Patel Nagar metro station, and the candidate was identified as Nilesh Rai. A large portion of the waterlogging issue has been ascribed to the city’s several civic organisations’ inability to maintain and desilt the drainage system.
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A large portion of the city was submerged in the June 28 flood. To make sure that such accidents don’t happen again, the Public Works Department (PWD), the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) announced a number of steps.
Delhiites still worry that their lives could come to a complete halt during an hour of intense rain, despite precautions.
