Heavy Jam In Delhi As Rain Causes Flooding
Several parts of the national capital remained flooded on Thursday as rain continued to drench the city and its neighbouring areas for the second consecutive day, triggering traffic jams during morning rush hours.
Delhi recorded 46 mm rainfall as per the Safdarjung Observatory, which provides representative figures for the city. The Palam weather station gauged 70.9 mm rainfall during the period, more than six times the normal rainfall.
On an average, the city gauges 11.3 mm rainfall from 8:30 am on August 19 to 8:30 am on August 20 every year.
Though the overnight rain brought down the temperature to 27 degrees, residents soon realised the harsh reality of poor state of civic infrastructure in the national capital as they stepped out of their homes.
Heavy traffic disruption was reported on Narela-Bawana road, Raja Garden flyover, Kasturba Underpass, MB Rad, Jhandewalan Mandir, Jhilmil underpass, Azadpur vegetable market, Sarai Pipal Thala, Jahangirpuri and Madanpur Khadar.
“Waterlogging reported at Jhilmil Underpass (both carriageways). Traffic is affected now,” informed the Delhi Police on Twitter.
“Traffic Alert: Water logging reported under Raja Garden flyover (both carriageways). Traffic is affected now,” it added.
The weather department has predicted thunderstorms with moderate to heavy rain in many places in Delhi in the next few hours. Delhi, Noida and Gurugram have been witnessing heavy showers since Wednesday.
