New Delhi: Heavy rain in Delhi on Monday morning led to heavy water logging and traffic jams in several parts of the national capital.
Large parts of the city were inundated and office-goers and students had a tough time reaching their destination as massive jams were reported across the city due to waterlogged streets.
In a series of tweets, the traffic police informed commuters about the obstructions on various stretches across the city.
Obstruction in traffic in the carriageway from Gurgaon towards Dhaula kuan due to breakdown of an LGV near Sanjay Point.
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) July 18, 2016
Water logging at Chirag Delhi, Saket Metro Station gate no. 2 and Modi Mill. Kindly avoid the stretch.
— Delhi Traffic Police (@dtptraffic) July 18, 2016
Some of the commuters shared photos of flooded roads and complained directly to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Half hour rain & Delhi’s Krawalnagar & Johripur roads became full of water nothing change in three years of “Aap” pic.twitter.com/ca8ieuGqYB
— Prince Prasad (@PrinceP37377137) July 18, 2016
The Met Office had forecast heavy rain on Monday morning. The city on Sunday recorded light rains between 2.6 mm to 0.6 mm in different parts but they failed to bring down the humidity which oscillated between 81 and 97 per cent, an official .
As Delhi received its first proper monsoon showers on Thursday, the whole city had come to a standstill with commuters facing a harrowed time. There was waterlogging in most parts of the national capital and half kilometre long commutes were taking over an hour to cover.
The Public Works Department has set up 500 new pumps – including mobile ones – to pump out water, set up a helpline and claims to have cleaned up hundreds of kilometres of roads ahead of monsoon, but people of Delhi feel all this is of no avail.
(With agency inputs)
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