Heavy rain near New Delhi floods farmlands, homes

(26 Jul 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Greater Noida, India - 26 July 2023 ++PART MUTE++ 1. Various of aerial of cars submerged in flood waters of Hindon river ++MUTE++ 2. Various of swollen Hindon river with farmland and villages submerged ++MUTE++ 3. Wide of a woman guiding a buffalo 4. Wide of a buffalo entering flooded waters 5. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Pawan Chaudhary, resident: "The problem is that all our crops have been destroyed. The water level has been increasing. These problems should be resolved at the earliest. No one has come forward to measure the losses. Police, media and authorities have been visiting the spot, but their focus is on the drowned vehicles, not on the farmers." 6. Wide of villagers walking on a road filled with mud 7. Various of villagers standing near their farm on a flooded path 8. Tilt from flooded farmland to submerged homes 9. Various of submerged homes and vehicles adjacent to an inundated farmland 10. SOUNDBITE (Hindi) Shyam Vir Shaak, farmer: "We have suffered a massive loss. All the vegetables and crops we had planted including okra, gourds, eggplant, onions have been destroyed. We have lost money. I and many others have lost a lot. We couldn’t even take away our valuables from the homes because all of a sudden the flow of the river became too much for us to handle." 11. Various of inundated farmland and homes 12. A waterlogged path in the village with a buffalo standing in the background 13. Tilt from sky rise buildings to flooded farmland 14. Tracking shot of flooded street ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi, India - 26 July 2023 15. Various of a person removing sludge from a service lane near Nigambodh Ghat, Delhi’s prominent cremation ground 16. Various of fumigation being done to curb disease spreading mosquitoes STORYLINE: Parts of India’s capital city and neighboring districts saw moderate to heavy rainfall Wednesday leading to waterlogging and disruptions in traffic and forcing schools to remain closed as the authorities issued an orange alert. More than 300 cars parked in a private company yard were submerged due to the rise in the water level of the Hindon River in Greater Noida area, about 50 km from New Delhi. The swollen river has also submerged agricultural land and village homes in the area. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for New Delhi for Thursday while Raigad and Ratnagiri districts in Western India have been put on red alert with forecast of extremely heavy rainfall. India regularly witnesses severe floods during the monsoon season, which runs between June and September and brings most of South Asia’s annual rainfall. The rains are crucial for rainfed crops planted during the season but often cause extensive damage. For Shyam Vir Shaak, a farmer in Greater Noida, he said all of his crop has been lost. He added: "We couldn’t even take away our valuables from the homes because all of a sudden the flow of the river became too much for us to handle." Usually, a dead river full of untreated sewage, the Hindon river has now swollen up resulting in extensive flooding of nearby villages and agricultural land in Greater Noida, near New Delhi. AP video shot by Piyush Nagpal =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...