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Boys run through a water-logged street after heavy monsoon rains in New Delhi yesterday.
IANS/New Delhi
Heavy rains lashed Delhi and adjoining areas yesterday, disrupting traffic and flights.
The weather bureau has forecast more rains today.
The city received 37.6mm of rainfall until 5.30pm Roads were clogged in many areas leading to heavy traffic jams.
According to the Delhi Traffic Police, the most affected areas were GTB Nagar and Civil lines in north Delhi, Dhaula Kuan, Yusuf Sarai, Green Park, Lajpat Nagar, Aurobindo Marg, R K Puram, Saket and Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, Anand Parbat and Pusa Road in central Delhi and Patel Nagar, Tilak Nagar and Rajouri Garden in west Delhi.
“The traffic is crawling; in the last one hour I have managed to move just a few feet,” said Deep Sekhon, a motorist stuck at Dhaula Kuan on his way to Karol Bagh from Dwarka.
“The rain in Delhi is always welcome, but the accompanying traffic jams ruin the fun,” Kapil Verma, a Delhi University student, said. He was stuck in a jam near Civil Lines.
“I had to do so much work today, but I was stuck for over 45 minutes for a 4km ride,” Renuka Rai, a resident of Lajpat Nagar, said.
Nine flights were diverted due to bad weather, an official at the Indira Gandhi International Airport said.
The day began on a sunny note, with the minimum temperature recorded at 28.1 degrees Celsius.
“The sky will remain partly cloudy tomorrow and parts of the city will see rain and thunderstorms,” said an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official.
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