Jagran Correspondent, New Delhi: Amid heavy monsoon rains in the Delhi-NCR region, commuters travelling from Ghaziabad to Delhi and vice versa witnessed massive traffic congestion following waterlogging on National Highway 9 near Ghazipur.
Teams of Delhi Traffic Police and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) are carrying out drainage work at the spot. Delhi Traffic Police has issued a traffic advisory for motorists and advised people coming to Delhi from Ghaziabad to take alternative routes.
According to the advisory, drivers should enter Delhi via Sector 62, Vasundhara, Buddha Chowk, and then Mohan Nagar via the Seemapuri border. According to the traffic police, waterlogging has affected traffic movement on NH-9.
People have been urged to check traffic conditions before leaving home and to use alternative routes. Officials said that drainage work is being carried out at a rapid pace so that traffic can return to normal as soon as possible.
Ghaziabad On IMD’s Yellow Alert
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Delhi, Faridabad and Gurugram while Noida and Ghaziabad have been placed on a yellow alert. As per the weather body, the rain activity will intensify in Delhi over the next few hours.
Continuous rain has caused severe waterlogging on key roads across Delhi-NCR, leading to major delays for commuters and office-goers. Several low-lying areas in the region are currently battling heavily inundated roads, bringing traffic to a crawl.
Amid the heavy rainfall, a portion of the plaster fell from the ceiling of the X-ray gallery at the 70-year-old District MMG Hospital in Ghaziabad, Jagran.com reported. While no patients or staff were nearby at the time of the incident, the collapse has caused widespread panic among patients admitted to the nearby hospital wards.