As many parts of the national capital witnessed heavy waterlogging over the last two days, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said that Delhi’s system had not been designed to handle the level of “unprecedented” rainfall it had witnessed.
“In 24 hours from July 8 to July 9, 153 mm of rainfall was received by Delhi. This is the highest in 40 years. This is unprecedented. Delhi’s system is not designed to handle this much rainfall and people faced a lot of problems,” Mr. Kejriwal said, addressing a press conference.
The national capital’s current drainage master plan was made in 1976 when the population of the city was about 60 lakh. Since then, the population of the city has increased about four times, but a new drainage master plan is yet to be finalised and implemented.
