Delhi-NCR witnessed another spell of intense rainfall on Saturday, throwing traffic movement across the region into chaos. Waterlogged roads and slow-moving traffic left commuters in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, Ghaziabad and Faridabad stuck for hours during the peak period.
Most commuters had complaints that they had been stuck for a long time on waterlogged roads and that there was a shortage of cabs on social media.
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People walk through a waterlogged road in the Sangam Vihar area of New Delhi. (Image: ANI)
Key Roads Disrupted Due To Waterlogging
The situation brought several major roads to a halt, such as Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, ITO, Wazirabad Road, Patel Road, Rohtak Road, Shankar Road, Kirti Nagar, Delhi- Jaipur Highway, Peeragarhi and Shaheen Bagh. The waterlogging had severely affected traffic on these roads, forcing vehicles to crawl and many drivers to push their stranded cars through the water.
Vehicles stranded in traffic following heavy rain. (Image: PTI)
The problem was worsened by waterlogging at major intersections, flyovers where traffic crawled, and in such parts as ITO, Pragati Maidan, Chhatarpur, Pushp Vihar and Safdarjung where the rainfall was the heaviest.
A man rides his motorcycle through a waterlogged road in the Sangam Vihar area of New Delhi. (Image: ANI)
The recent downpour in the national capital resulted in the highest first week rainfall of August since 2011. As per the weather department, Delhi received 127mm rainfall between August 1-7, making this the wettest first week of Aug since 2011.
People push a stranded vehicle through a waterlogged road in the Sangam Vihar area of New Delhi. (Image: ANI)
The city received a heavy downpour, which caused images of waterlogged streets to emerge, with commuters waddling through thigh-deep water. The capital's commuters had to struggle to deal with the situation, which brought traffic to a halt on important routes on a Friday.