Overview

• On July 23, the over-90-year-old Minto Bridge underpass remained free of waterlogging despite heavy monsoon downpours.
• BJP leaders including Amit Malviya, Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Kapil Mishra credited Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s new drainage protocols for preventing the chronic floods at the site.
• The Aam Aadmi Party pointed to continuing knee-deep water in areas such as Western Vinod Nagar and school classrooms in Tikri Kalan to challenge claims of uniform flood management.
• The India Meteorological Department reported rainfall between 2 mm at Najafgarh and 16.6 mm at Pragati Maidan and forecast more light to moderate showers and thunderstorms over the next seven days.
• Netizens expressed surprise and criticism on social media, with some users praising the anomaly and others lamenting that a functional underpass had become headline news.