Severe waterlogging and uprooting of trees were witnessed in the national Capital after rainfall lashed various parts of Delhi on Monday causing traffic congestion and irking commuters.

Albeit residents of Delhi waking up to a pleasant morning, office goers and commuters witnessed heavy waterlogging at arterial roads of the city causing traffic jams. Areas including Dhaula Kuan, Moti Bagh, Mundka, Mehrauli-Badarpur road, Sainik Farm, Lajpat Nagar, Karol Bagh, Punjabi Bagh, Khanpur, ITO and Okhla Estate among others were flooded after the showers causing slow traffic movement.

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi received a total of 11 calls regarding waterlogging and tree falling in the city. It received a total of six complaints regarding waterlogging including two from Shahdara North zone, one each from Narela zone, Karol Bagh zone, West zone and Keshavpuram zone while it got five calls regarding tree falling including two from Central zone, one each from South zone, Rohini zone and City SP zone.

Meanwhile, the Delhi Police asked commuters to plan their peak-hour travel carefully in view of the traffic situation in the city. In a post on X, the police said traffic was affected on both carriageways of National Highway-48 from Dhaula Kuan towards Mahipalpur and vice-versa due to waterlogging.

In another post, they said traffic was affected on Press Enclave Road on the carriageway from Saket court towards Malviya Nagar due to waterlogging near the Hauz Rani red light.

Traffic was also hit on Ring Road on the carriageway from DND towards the Moolchand underpass due to waterlogging; on both carriageways from Road No 13 towards Okhla Estate Road; both carriageways of the Outer Ring Road; Safdarjang towards Dhaula Kuan; and Badarpur towards Mehrauli, among others. Traffic was affected at the Birla Vidya Niketan Marg in Saket due to a tree being uprooted near Amity School. Driver of the car, who was sitting inside the vehicle at the time of incident, escaped unhurt.

Amit Singh, a resident of south Delhi, said vehicles were crawling near Safdarjung and from Dhaula Kuan to Mahipalpur. "One can see waterlogging at several areas of south Delhi, leading to such traffic chaos during peak hours," he said.

A commuter travelling from Gurugram to central Delhi said there was a massive traffic jam at Mahipalpur on the carriageway towards Dhaula Kuan. Several commuters also posted on X, complaining about the traffic and waterlogging in Khanpur, Moti Bagh and Chhattarpur, among others.