As many as 22 flights had been diverted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport between 3:00 pm to six:30 pm on Saturday as a consequence of dangerous climate. The nationwide capital witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday night impacting a couple of flight operations.

According to an official, 9 flights of IndiGo, 8 flights of Air India, and three flights of Vistara had been amongst those who had been diverted.

Of the 22 Delhi-bound flights, 9 had been diverted to Jaipur, eight to Lucknow, two to Chandigarh, and one every to Amritsar, Ahmedabad and Varanasi.

The IGI Airport within the nationwide capital handles round 1,300 flight actions each day.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted average to heavy rainfall with thunderstorms in lots of components of Delhi-NCR together with Bahadurgarh, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Manesar and others.

“Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain with heavy intensity rain over isolated places and gusty winds with speed of 30-50 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of many places of Delhi, NCR ( Bahadurgarh, Noida, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Manesar) Meham,” IMD wrote in an X publish.

The IMD additionally issued an advisory for thunderstorms and lightning in Delhi-NCR, advising folks to remain indoors and shut home windows and doorways.

The rains led to waterlogging in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat, impacting visitors.

In a publish on X, the Delhi Traffic Police mentioned, “Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Zakhira flyover towards Kamal T-Point due to waterlogging near Anand Parvat. Commuters are advised to avoid this stretch.”

Delhi’s Regional Meteorological Department has predicted cloudy climate with gentle rain and thundershowers within the nationwide capital on Sunday as effectively.

“The temperature in the capital will drop by nearly 33 per cent due to overcast skies and winds reaching speeds of 30 to 40 kmph triggered by an active western disturbance that hit northwest India on April 12,” Kuldeep Srivastava, scientist and head of the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre was quoted by PTI as saying.