Delhi showers wreck Kejriwal's donation kits after godown submerged: Report

A substantial amount of CM's donation kit was damaged after govt godown was submerged in rainwater.

As monsoon woes continue to impact Delhi, the extent of it has reached the city's south-east area where a government-owned godown was submerged in water ruining chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's relief kits. According to a report by India Today, downpours have kits with Kejriwal's photo meant to be distributed among people below the poverty line.

Visuals of CM's emergency kits destroyed due to rain. (via India Today)

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As per the report, a godown in Jangpura's ward number 142 was waterlogged, as was the case with several other places in Delhi, which eventually damaged a substantial amount of CM's donation kit. The visuals showed workers pulling out the damaged kits, in an attempt to protect them from further damage.

Delhi received 153 mm of rain on July 8 and 9 -- breaking the record of decades. The evacuation of the people in the low-lying areas around the Yamuna River will start once the river breaches the 206-metre mark, Kejriwal said.

Assuaging fear triggered by Sunday's flood warning in Delhi after Haryana released more than 1 lakh cusecs of water into the Yamuna river from the Hathnukind barrage, Kejriwal on Monday said this is not the time to point fingers at each other. Delhi government is prepared for all emergencies though according to the weather predictions, the intensity of the rain will gradually decrease, Kejriwal said.