Beach view, Venice and a GDP dig: Opposition takes swipe at Centre over waterlogging at Delhi airport
Heavy rainfall in Delhi inundated several roads and left the IGI Airport waterlogged, causing inconvenience to the passengers.
Delhi faced heavy rainfall on Friday afternoon, causing extensive waterlogging across the city, including at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The government received criticism from the Opposition and the Cockroach Janta Party over the infrastructural failure. Photos from Connaught Place, Akbar Road, Lajpat Nagar, and areas around the airport showed flooded roads and traffic snarls.
The Congress sarcastically commented on the waterlogging at IGI Airport, noting passengers were now "enjoying the waves of rainwater." The Centre faced further ridicule from the Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, who sarcastically referenced a 7.8% GDP growth figure amid allegations of skewing. AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj compared the airport's waterlogging to Venice, prompting comparisons to the Italian city.
Passengers at IGI Airport were stranded, with one reporting having stood in water for half an hour, waiting for the water level to recede to reach their arrival gates. A 10-kilometer-long traffic jam formed on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway near the Delhi-Gurugram border, stranding hundreds of commuters for hours. The jam stretched from Shiv Murti in Mahipalpur to Udyog Vihar Phase-IV in Gurugram, with some commuters trapped for over three hours.
Narayan Acharya, a commuter, said he had been stuck since 4 pm, unable to cross the Sirhaul toll plaza, despite the traffic moving slowly at around six kilometers.
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