Delhi and a few contiguous NCR areas had been lashed by a heavy downpour on Monday, inflicting chaos on the roads as commuters sought shelter and water-logging was reported from varied locations. Lajpat Nagar, ITO, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, and Noida had been among the many areas that skilled heavy rains. Waterlogging in sure locations precipitated site visitors to come back to a standstill in areas akin to Noida and Delhi, in addition to ITO and different stretches. According to site visitors police, they obtained 31 calls at their management room concerning the site visitors situation, together with three calls of waterlogging.
Delhi Traffic Police stated that site visitors issues had been noticed in varied places akin to Jhandewalan Mandir, Paschim Vihar, Rohini, and south Delhi. “Traffic is heavy on Aurobindo Marg in the carriageway from IIT towards Adhchini due to waterlogging near Adhchini. Kindly avoid the stretch,” stated site visitors police in a tweet. Numerous commuters took to Twitter to share updates concerning the site visitors state of affairs attributable to heavy rainfall.
They reported site visitors jams below the flyover in the direction of August Kranti Marg from Panchsheel Park and heavy site visitors on Rohtak Road between Peeragarhi and Nangloi. A Twitter person talked about that the Barapullah flyover was utterly congested, and there was waterlogging in varied areas. Traffic was additionally affected close to Civic Centre, on Pusa Road close to Hanuman Mandir, close to Max Hospital in Saket, and on the Dwarka flyover, based on different Twitter customers. On Sunday too, Delhi skilled gentle rain, which introduced the utmost temperature down to twenty-eight.7 levels Celsius, 10 levels under the season`s common, and the bottom temperature for the month since April 4, 2015, as reported by the India Meteorological Department.
