Traffic crawls in Delhi after intermittent rain, several areas waterlogged

New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) Intermittent rain in Delhi on Thursday caused waterlogging in several areas and affected traffic movement across the city as commuters struggled to reach their destinations. 

The Delhi Police took to X to inform residents about the traffic situation in the city.

“Traffic is affected on Rohtak Road in both the carriageways from Rajdhani Park towards Mundka and vice-versa due to waterlogging,” they said in a post on X.

In another post, the police said that the traffic is affected on Phirni Road in both the carriageways from Bahadurgarh Stand towards Jharoda Village and vice-versa due to waterlogging. 

East of Kailash resident Megha Singh said, “It hardly takes me 5 minutes to reach the metro station, but today it took me 20 minutes to reach there. No auto-rickshaws were available due to the rains.” 

“There was bumper-to-bumper traffic on the stretch between Peeragarhi and Madhuban Chowk on both the carriageways. I generally go to the office in my car, but today due to the traffic situation, I parked my vehicle at Pitampura Metro Station and took the metro,” Maya Mukherjee, a northwest Delhi resident, said.

Another commuter took to X and said there was a heavy traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurugram Expressway. 

While others said that the traffic was heavy at Dwarka Sector 19B near OPG World School, Chandakiram Akhara red light, at NH-48 from Dhaula Kuan to Mahipalpur, Dwarka Sector-1 crossing, at Tis Hazari towards Kashmiri Gate and Pulbangash road. 

Rain in the national capital, first a spell in the morning and another around midday led to significant traffic disruptions in several areas. 

The weather department, in their noon notification, said light-intensity rain and drizzle will occur at a few places in South Delhi and South-East Delhi (Akshardham, Lodi Road, Nehru Stadium, Defence Colony, Lajpat Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Kalkaji, Tughlakabad, East of Kailash, Chhattarpur, IGNOU, Ayanagar, and Dera Mandi) in the next two hours.