Massive traffic jams across Delhi after overnight rain

New Delhi: Vehicles in the national capital were moving at a snail’s pace at various places as roads were clogged with heavy traffic jams on Friday morning following the overnight incessant rain.

According to the Delhi Traffic Police, waterlogging was reported near Hanuman Setu on Shanti Van to the Hanuman Mandir carriageway, Libaspur underpass, Maharani Bagh Taimur Nagar cut, CDR Chowk, Mehrauli towards Gurugram, Andheria Mode towards Vasant Kunj, Under Nizamuddin bridge, Singhu Border near petrol pump and MB Road towards Sainik Farm carriageway.

The police advised the commuters to avoid all these stretches.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain and thundershowers at almost all the areas of the city on Friday.

Even the IndiGo airlines has advised its passengers to keep enough travel time in hand while travelling to the Delhi Airport as waterlogging has been reported from several parts of the city.

On Thursday, the administrations in Gurugram and Noida, taking note of the weather conditions, issued curtains advisories in their area.

The Gurugram Administration issued an advisory to private institutions and corporate offices to guide their employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion on roads.

In Noida, all government and private schools up to Class 8 will remain closed as several roads in the city were waterlogged due to the incessant rain.

The incessant spell of light to moderate rain, which continued on the second day on Friday lead to heavy waterlogging in several areas of Gurugram, leading to massive traffic snarls at many places.

According to the district administration, Gurugram tehsil recorded 114 mm and Wazirabad tehsil recorded 130 mm of rainfall in two days till 7.30 a.m.

Rainwater entered the houses in Sheetla Colony, Palam Vihar, Surat Nagar, Prem Nahar, Sector-14, Chakkarpur village, Natupur, DLF-3, Rajiv Nagar, Sanjay Gram and several other locations.

Multiple city roads, including state highways and the Delhi-Jaipur, were submerged in an average of three feet of water.

However, the district administration claimed that the rainwater has been flushed out from several locations but the traffic movement on the Delhi-Jaipur was severely hit due to rain.

Traffic movement on the Delhi-Jaipur-Mumbai highway was majorly hit due to waterlogging.

-IANS