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Gurugram Rains: Heavy and torrential rainfall in Gurugram caused a massive traffic jam on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway on Monday evening. The jam stretched up to 20 km between Sirhaul toll plaza near the Delhi border and Kherki Daula toll plaza. The jam continued for several hours.

The vehicles were facing problems for hours as the main line and service lane of the Delhi-Jaipur highway near Narsinghpur were completely submerged. The traffic jam was witnessed on both sides of the highway.

The weather took a sudden turn at around 3:00 pm on Monday as showers lashed the city, accompanied by a dark and cloudy sky. The inclement weather persisted for four hours till 7:00 pm. Following this, the rainfall continued intermittently.

Between 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the city received over 100 mm of rainfall. While the heavy rain caused a huge traffic jam on the Delhi-Jaipur highway, the situation worsened in the inner areas of the city as well. A traffic jam of more than 18 km was observed on both lanes from Kherki Daula to the Sirhaul border.

More than 25 vehicles, including cars and bikes, were damaged after being stuck in rainwater accumulated on roads. The traffic police removed them from the roadside with the help of a crane. When people came on the highway to go home after office work in the evening, they got stuck for several hours. The department has predicted intermittent rains till September 7.

On the other hand, the traffic jam situation in Noida also went from bad to worse. While returning home from the office in the evening, there was a traffic jam of several kilometers on the road going towards Greater Noida near Noida Sector 16A.

In Gurugram, the District Commissioner issued an advisory to corporate offices to allow work from home and schools to conduct online classes on Tuesday. The advisory was issued as the IMD has issued an orange alert for heavy rainfall on Tuesday.