Incessant rains for the past two days in Delhi-NCR that caused water logging and  traffic congestion in various parts on  Saturday, led to death of two private bank employees after getting trapped in their sports utility vehicle in the flooded Old Faridabad Railway underpass here.  From north to south and east to west, the national capital witnessed traffic jams or slow vehicle movement on most stretches due to water logging, breakdown of buses and potholes on roads. In the last 24 hours till 8.30 am, Delhi recorded 57 mm rainfall. The weather department has predicted a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain during the day.

In Faridabad, Punyashreya Sharma, who was the manager of HDFC Bank's branch in Gurugram's Sector 31 and Viraj Dwivedi, who was a cashier there, were returning home to Faridabad in a Mahindra XUV700 on Friday evening. They reached the Old Faridabad railway underpass and saw that it was flooded but failed to gauge how high the water was.

According to police, due to the rainfall throughout Friday, the underpass was inundated and as a precaution, cars were being warned against entering it. They said that around 11:50 pm, an XUV 700 entered the underpass, ignoring all warnings and got stuck in the deep floodwater, following which water gushed into the vehicle. Passers-by attempted to help the duo stuck in the car and after a lot of efforts, managed to get them out but Viraj died on the spot, police said. Sharma was taken to the Badshah Khan Civil Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, they added. Dwivedi's body was found only at 4 am on Saturday after an hours-long search. "Their families have been informed. We will hand over the bodies to the next of kin after post-mortem examinations," Inspector Samer Singh, SHO of the NIT Faridabad police station, said.

Traffic snarls were reported from Janpath Road, Rohini, East of Kailash, RK Puram, Laxmi Nagar, Kalindi Kunj, Safdarjung, India Gate, Uttam Nagar, Old Pankha Road, Najafgarh Road, Khanpur, Rohtak Road, Mehrauli, Mathura Road, Sainik Farm, Dhaula Kuan, MG Road, MB Road, Madhu Vihar, Mahipalpur, Chhawla, Delhi Gate, Munirka,  Rajouri Garden, Shadipur depot, Behara Enclave,  Mangol Puri B block, Mukarba Chowk, ISBT Kashmeri Gate, Safdarjung road ( Ring Road), Hanuman Mandir marg near Nigam Bodh ghat, Rani Jhansi Marg, Laxmi Nagar, Vikas  Marg, Anand Vihar ISBT, Seelampur Chowk, Kalindi Kunj, Nand Nagri, Bhajanpura, Ramlila ground, Asaf Ali Marg, Saket Metro station, Chilla Border and Sarai Rohilla road and several other places due to various reasons including broken roads and breakdown of public transport buses as well as commercial goods vehicles.  Besides, the ongoing metro constructions, and highway projects have further aggravated the jams situation here.Traffic authorities have advised commuters to stay informed about congestion on their routes and to comply with traffic advisories.

As pr the traffic police advisory, traffic was affected on Rohtak Road in the carriageway from Nangloi towards Tikri Border and vice versa due to potholes and water logging.  It has advised commuters to  avoid Mundka and take alternate route accordingly .

Traffic was affected on Road No.13-A in the carriageway from Okhla Estate Road towards Kalindi Kunj due to breakdown of a dumper near Living Style Mall.  Traffic snarls at  on Road No. 205 in the carriageway from Sector 19/20, Dwarka crossing towards Kargil Chowk due to uprooting of a tree. "Kindly avoid Road No. 205 and take alternate route accordingly ", police said in its advisory.

The vehicle movement was  affected on Lala Lajpat Rai Marg in the carriageway from Jangpura towards Moolchand Hospital due to breakdown of a bus near Lajpat Nagar Metro Station while traffic was affected on Najafgarh Dwarka Road due to breakdown of two buses near Sai Baba Mandir towards Dwarka leading to inconvenience to the commuters. Traffic was also affected on Mandi road due to water logging. Commuters are advised to avoid the stretch and take alternate routes.

According to the weather department, Delhi’s annual rainfall total stood at 1063.6 mm by 8:30 pm, well above the long-period average of 774.4mm. Meanwhile, the monsoon rainfall total now stands at 1018.9mm — well above the long period average of 640.3mm. The India Meteorological Department said Safdarjung observatory recorded 57 mm, Palam 78, Ayanagar 71, and Lodhi road recorded 49.6 mm on Friday.  Delhi has also surpassed its monthly average rainfall, with 125.8 mm recorded in September, 55% higher than normal, according to official data.