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Photos: Temperature dips, air quality improves after rains in Delhi-NCR

Rainfall over the past few days improved the overall air quality of Delhi-NCR and caused a dip in the temperature. Till 8.30 am on Friday, 20.4 mm rain was recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest 24-hour rainfall in the month of March since 2015 and the second highest in a decade. However, at the relief camp at Eidgah, Mustafabad where victims of the recent communal violence in north-east Delhi were taking shelter, the rainwater entered the camps, making people more susceptible to infections.

Updated on: Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM IST

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An upside down reflection of a person walking on a road after the rain, at Rajghat, in New Delhi, on Friday. The national capital witnessed heavy downpour in the last couple of days, clearing pollutants and brining the mercury down by at least six notches but causing huge traffic jams in the evening peak hours. Consequently, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the National Capital Region (NCR) also improved. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

An upside down reflection of a person walking on a road after the rain, at Rajghat, in New Delhi, on Friday. The national capital witnessed heavy downpour in the last couple of days, clearing pollutants and brining the mercury down by at least six notches but causing huge traffic jams in the evening peak hours. Consequently, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of the National Capital Region (NCR) also improved. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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At dusk, clouds are hover above the city after rain, at Sector 15, in Gurugram. The city was lashed with heavy showers, lightning and strong winds of up to 50kmph on Friday afternoon, thanks to a ‘squall line’ that passed over Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). A squall line is a collection of thunderstorms aided by a common ‘lifting mechanism’, and often brings with it severe weather events such as hail and thunderstorms. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

At dusk, clouds are hover above the city after rain, at Sector 15, in Gurugram. The city was lashed with heavy showers, lightning and strong winds of up to 50kmph on Friday afternoon, thanks to a ‘squall line’ that passed over Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). A squall line is a collection of thunderstorms aided by a common ‘lifting mechanism’, and often brings with it severe weather events such as hail and thunderstorms. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

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Rainwater entered a relief camp at Eidgah, Mustafabad, in New Delhi. The thundershowers that lashed parts of Delhi on Friday added to the worries of the violence-displaced people who have taken shelter at a relief camp at an Eidgah in north-east Delhi’s Mustafabad neighbourhood, a week after communal riots claimed at least 53 lives and left over 400 injured. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Rainwater entered a relief camp at Eidgah, Mustafabad, in New Delhi. The thundershowers that lashed parts of Delhi on Friday added to the worries of the violence-displaced people who have taken shelter at a relief camp at an Eidgah in north-east Delhi’s Mustafabad neighbourhood, a week after communal riots claimed at least 53 lives and left over 400 injured. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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A child wipes the floor inside a relief camp, at Eidgah, Mustafabad. The residents in the camp are people whose homes were torched by violent mobs last week. “Any infection at this point could be a life threat. And it will spread easily,” said Shabnam Akhtar, one of the residents of the camp, as she took a paracetamol for her sister-in-law from one of the three makeshift medical camps set up inside the Eidgah premises. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A child wipes the floor inside a relief camp, at Eidgah, Mustafabad. The residents in the camp are people whose homes were torched by violent mobs last week. “Any infection at this point could be a life threat. And it will spread easily,” said Shabnam Akhtar, one of the residents of the camp, as she took a paracetamol for her sister-in-law from one of the three makeshift medical camps set up inside the Eidgah premises. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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A rickshaw puller covers himself and his cart while riding during rain at ITO in New Delhi. Till 8.30 am on Friday, 20.4 mm rain was recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest 24-hour rainfall in the month of March since 2015 and the second highest in a decade. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A rickshaw puller covers himself and his cart while riding during rain at ITO in New Delhi. Till 8.30 am on Friday, 20.4 mm rain was recorded over the past 24 hours, the highest 24-hour rainfall in the month of March since 2015 and the second highest in a decade. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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A commuter walks in a raincoat during heavy rainfall at Rajghat Bus Depot. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the Central government’s air quality monitoring and forecasting wing, good winds and rain had kept the air quality in check over the past few days. “SAFAR model suggests an improvement in AQI to the lower end of satisfactory to ‘good’ category by Saturday,” it said. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

A commuter walks in a raincoat during heavy rainfall at Rajghat Bus Depot. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the Central government’s air quality monitoring and forecasting wing, good winds and rain had kept the air quality in check over the past few days. “SAFAR model suggests an improvement in AQI to the lower end of satisfactory to ‘good’ category by Saturday,” it said. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Commuters move through a waterlogged near Ramlila Ground in New Delhi. A senior scientist at the India Metrological Department (IMD) said the rainfall recorded was in the ‘moderate’ category (15 mm to 64 mm) and was mainly resulted by an intense western disturbance accompanied with a cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Commuters move through a waterlogged near Ramlila Ground in New Delhi. A senior scientist at the India Metrological Department (IMD) said the rainfall recorded was in the ‘moderate’ category (15 mm to 64 mm) and was mainly resulted by an intense western disturbance accompanied with a cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Clouds hover above Rashtrapati Bhavan after the rain, at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. “This is the second Western Disturbance (WD) that hit Delhi and its neighbouring regions in March. The activity was a result of an induced cyclonic circulation in West Rajasthan combined with the WD, which hit all of northwestern India. Gusty winds at a speed of 50 kmph blew across Delhi,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional weather forecasting centre (RWFC). (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Clouds hover above Rashtrapati Bhavan after the rain, at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi. “This is the second Western Disturbance (WD) that hit Delhi and its neighbouring regions in March. The activity was a result of an induced cyclonic circulation in West Rajasthan combined with the WD, which hit all of northwestern India. Gusty winds at a speed of 50 kmph blew across Delhi,” said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of IMD’s regional weather forecasting centre (RWFC). (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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Lightning accompanied the showers at Connaught Place. The WD will pass over Delhi by Friday night and only traces of rain may occur on Saturday. “Usually four to five WDs are expected in Delhi in March. Another WD is likely to hit the city from the night of March 10 while light rain is expected on March 11-12. Gusty winds up to 20-25kmph will return from the night of March 9,” Srivastava added. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Lightning accompanied the showers at Connaught Place. The WD will pass over Delhi by Friday night and only traces of rain may occur on Saturday. “Usually four to five WDs are expected in Delhi in March. Another WD is likely to hit the city from the night of March 10 while light rain is expected on March 11-12. Gusty winds up to 20-25kmph will return from the night of March 9,” Srivastava added. (Raj K Raj / HT Photo)

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Heavy traffic jam after rain, at Vikas Marg, near ITO, on Friday. Waterlogging in key stretches resulted in traffic snarls in New Delhi. According to traffic officials, jams were reported from major stretches, including Ring Road, Rajghat, Ashram Chowk, Barapullah, Vivek Vihar underpass, Yamuna Vihar underpass, Vikas Marg, Chirag Dilli flyover, ITO and Ranjeet Singh flyover , among others. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Heavy traffic jam after rain, at Vikas Marg, near ITO, on Friday. Waterlogging in key stretches resulted in traffic snarls in New Delhi. According to traffic officials, jams were reported from major stretches, including Ring Road, Rajghat, Ashram Chowk, Barapullah, Vivek Vihar underpass, Yamuna Vihar underpass, Vikas Marg, Chirag Dilli flyover, ITO and Ranjeet Singh flyover , among others. (Sonu Mehta / HT Photo)

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Commuters are silhouetted while holding an umbrella during sudden rain. Noida and the neighbouring cities breathed their cleanest air of the year on Friday, all thanks to the strong winds and rains in the past three days that improved the air quality to ‘good’. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)

Updated on Mar 07, 2020 9:36 PM

Commuters are silhouetted while holding an umbrella during sudden rain. Noida and the neighbouring cities breathed their cleanest air of the year on Friday, all thanks to the strong winds and rains in the past three days that improved the air quality to ‘good’. (Virendra Singh Gosain / HT Photo)

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