Monsoon-related incidents lead to 28+ deaths in Delhi over 2 months

Since the onset of monsoon in Delhi, more than 28 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents -including those from drowning, electrocution, and building collapses - over the past two months.

- SURUCHI KUMARI

Families, friends of the victims and residents across the city have expressed frustration, blaming civic authorities for failing to prevent the tragedies. Amidst allegations of negligence, many questioned whether these deaths could have been avoided.

On June 28, the season's first major downpour claimed the life of a cab driver when a portion of a canopy collapsed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. In Vasant Vihar, three labourers were pulled from the rubble the next morning when a wall at a construction site collapsed due to heavy rain. Elsewhere, in Okhla, a 60-year-old man died after his scooter got trapped in a flooded underpass. Seema Patel, a shop owner in the area, lamented, "Every time it rains, that underpass becomes a death trap. The drains remain clogged, and exposed wires are still hanging dangerously.”