While the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted continuous rain till Wednesday (July 25), Delhiites on Sunday faced hardship to reach their destination as logged water on Delhi roads caused traffic jams in different areas on Sunday.
Incidentally, in digital age, Delhi Traffic Police took twitter and Facebook to update public about traffic snarls.
While water logging resulted in 2 hours long traffic jam at Mahipalpur Chowk towards Gurugram near Rangpuri and Mahipalpur, the commuters from Mahipalpur to Vasant Kunj faced similar difficulties due to water logging.
“In the morning today, a car broke down at Mahipalpur Chowk because of water logging due to which we received many complaints. Also, a cluster bus broke down on Palam Flyover and many complaints have been registered from that area as well” said a Delhi Traffic Police official.
Similarly, water logging was reported at Mundka red light. Commuters from Dwarka Sec 12 also faced difficulties while commuting towards Ashiwad Chowk.
Water logging also resulted in a heavy traffic jam at Rao Tula Ram (RTR) T-point and reportedly, busses at Nangloi bus stand, Najafgarh bus stand and Bahadurgarh bus stand due to water logging.
Similar complaints were reported from the Mayur Vihar Phase-II on NH-9, loni roundabout towards Gagan cinema and Khajoori flyover among other places.