Rains wreak havoc in Delhi region: Bank manager, cashier die in Faridabad SUV submergence in underpass

A private bank manager and a cashier died after the SUV in which they were travelling submerged in water in a flooded underpass in the Faridabad region of Delhi on Friday amid heavy rains that have disrupted normal life in the Indian capital city.

Police told NDTV Punyashreya Sharma, who was the manager of HDFC Bank’s branch in Gurugram’s Sector 31 and Viraj Dwivedi, who was a cashier there, were returning home to Faridabad in a Mahindra XUV700 on Friday evening.

They reached the Old Faridabad railway underpass which remained flooded but could not gauge the level of the water.

They tried to swim out of the car but drowned to death.

Police officials told the Indian news channel that a team reached the underpass on getting information about an SUV being stuck there and while Sharma’s body was pulled out of the vehicle, Dwivedi’s body was found only at 4 am on Saturday after hours-long search.

The India Meteorological Department earlier issued an orange alert for New Delhi.

The IMD warned that a depression over southwest Uttar Pradesh caused the rain.

“Heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls at a few places over Uttarakhand; Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh; Heavy rainfall at isolated places over East Rajasthan, Haryana, West Madhya Pradesh, Delhi & Bihar,” IMD said.

Heavy rainfall was also reported from Kolkata and other parts of West Bengal.

“The low-pressure area over southeast Bangladesh and neighbourhood moved west northwestwards and lay as a well marked low-pressure area over northeast Bay of Bengal & adjoining southeast Bangladesh coast at 0830 hours IST of today, the 13th September, 2024. It is likely to move west-northwestwards and intensify into a depression over coastal West Bengal & adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal by tomorrow, the 14th September,” the statement issued by IMD said.