Delhi school bus gets stuck in flooded Minto Bridge underpass, three children rescued
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Three children were rescued from a school bus that was trapped in water. Minto Bridge On Tuesday, officials said an autorickshaw also got stuck in the underpass in northwest Delhi following morning rain. According to officials, no one was injured in either incident as rescue teams reached the spot quickly. The water is being pumped out, an official said. More details of the two incidents are awaited.
The Minto Bridge underpass is notorious for flooding during the monsoon. In July 2020, a man drowned when his pickup truck got stuck in the underpass.
Rains lashed Delhi on Tuesday morning, leaving large parts of the city waterlogged and disrupting traffic movement.
The Ridge Observatory recorded 72.4 mm of rain, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative data for the national capital, recorded 28.7 mm of rainfall, Lodhi Road 25.6 mm and Ayanagar 2.2 mm.
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