Dust storm hits Delhi near midnight; light rain, lightning strike thereafter
The Delhi Police Control Room (PCR) on Tuesday received around 31 calls in connection with the dust storm. The calls were received until 8 am on Tuesday, mostly about the falling of trees. A call was received from Outer Delhi’s Nihal Vihar area, where a labourer was injured after tiles fell on him due to the storm late night.
The dust storm in Delhi-NCR started around close to midnight followed by light rains and lightning in outskirts of Delhi. Image source: Reuters