Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Delhi waterlogged : traffic crawls

Rains lashed the national capital this afternoon resulting in waterlogging and slowing down of vehicular movement.
The showers started at around 1.30pm bringing down the mercury slightly in an otherwise humid day. The spell of rains had started last night with the city receiving 1.3mm till 8.30am today.
The vehicular movement was slow in Jangpura, Ashram, India Gate, Ashoka Road and ITO among other places due to rains and subsequent water logging.
The late night showers had resulted in caving in of portions of two roads in Lutyens Delhi affecting traffic towards the heart of the national capital.
For the second time in three days, a portion of Jaswant Singh Road near Andhra Bhavan caved in due to the rains creating problems for commuters passing through Ashoka Road. On Monday also, the same road had caved in.
Vehicular movement was also affected on Rajesh Pilot Marg towards Hotel Claridges as a portion of the stretch caved in.
A senior police official said adequate personnel were deployed to manage traffic on the stretch.
Rains had caused waterlogging in many areas like Lajpat Nagar, Ashram, Kailash Colony, Gulmohar Park, Ashram, Moolchand and Gupta Market last night.

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