JE News Desk: Heavy rainfall continued to lash Gurugram on Sunday, leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls in several parts of the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also predicted thunderstorms with light to moderate-intensity rain in Delhi and its adjoining areas on Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Gurugram Traffic Police on Sunday informed that waterlogging has been reported in several areas of the city including Sheetla Mata Mandir Road, Subash Chowk, Sohna Road, Rajiv Chowk, Kanhai Chowk, Khandsa, and Himgiri Chowk. Following torrential downpours, waterlogging was also witnessed on the Gurugram-Delhi Expressway.

Areas near Gurugram’s Narsinghpur Chowk and Sadar Police Station were also submerged in water following incessant rains and residents faced difficulties.

The city received 71 mm of rainfall till 8 am on Sunday, according to data from the district administration. Meanwhile, visuals of pedestrians and vehicles wading through knee-deep rainwater surfaced on Sunday afternoon, as some vehicles reportedly broke down amid heavy rainfall.

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The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has blocked all the underpasses and subways for non-motorised transport (NMT), and pedestrians for public use until the rain stop.

Here Are Some Routes To Avoid Amid Waterlogging And Traffic Snarls

- Himgiri Chowk
- Rajeev ChowkKhandsa
- Subash Chowk
- Kanhai Chowk
- Sohna Road
- Sheetla Mata Mandir road
- Aggarwal Dhramshala Chowk
- Sector-10A
- Basai Road

Heavy rainfall also lashed Delhi on Sunday morning, breaking a 40-year-old record. The national capital recorded 153 mm of rain in 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Sunday, the highest in a single day since July 1982, said IMD. Earlier on Saturday, a nine-hour deluge inundated the roads and underpass of the city. A 58-year-old woman also died after a ceiling collapsed in Tibbiya College Society near Karol Bagh in central Delhi amid heavy rain.


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