Heavy rain drenched the city on Friday, leading to a drop in the maximum temperature, but fed the prevailing sultry conditions. Moreover, rain led to disruption of traffic movement at major intersections in the city, including Dhaula Kuan and ITO, due to waterlogging.
Traffic officials said waterlogging led to heavy traffic congestion at Moti Bagh, both carriageways of Hoshiyar Singh Marg, leela Palace and both carriageways of Aurobindo Marg. Waterlogging also led to traffic woes at Shastri Park Iron Bridge, Moti Bagh Chowk and GPO T Point to Ring Road.
The state of Delhi roads could be gauged from the social media profiles of the Delhi Traffic Police which were completely overflowing with complaints and traffic alerts related to waterlogging.
“Traffic is heavy in front of Zakir Husain collage due to waterlogging. Traffic is heavy at Central school Andrews Ganj due to waterlogging. Traffic is heavy at Kela Ghat due to waterlogging. Obstruction in traffic in the carriageway from Chirag Delhi towards Moolchand due to waterlogging near Krishi Vihar. Traffic is heavy at IGNOU T-Point due to water logging. Obstruction in traffic on MB Road from Khanpur to Mehrauli (both carriageways) due to waterlogging.Kindly avoid the stretch,” Delhi Traffic Police tweeted.
Waterlogging was also reported at PeeraGari Chowk, Bhairo Enclave, Paschim Vihar, Moti Nagar Flyover, KhajuriChowk, Punjabi Bagh Flyover to Rajouri Garden Flyover, Mandi House to W Point, Meerabagh Outer Ring Road, Durga Puri Chowk, Prem Bari Pul to WazirPur Depot, loha Mandi Narayana, AIIMS to lajpat Nagar and Gurgaon Flyover to Dhaula Kuan.
Meanwhile, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 33 and 26.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal, while humidity levels soared to 97 per cent.
The Safdarjung observatory gauged 29.6 mm of rains, while Palam observatory got 0.8 mm of precipitation.
The weatherman has warned of heavy rain on Saturday evening. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 36 and 25 degrees Celsius, respectively.