Submerged cars, flooded streets: Delhi's monsoon misery continues

Delhi witnessed the heaviest spell of rains this monsoon season on Thursday. The rain which began on Wednesday night continued until Thursday morning. The Safdarjung observatory, which provides representative figures for the city, recorded 83.8 mm rainfall since Wednesday morning, according to the IMD. Rainfall recorded below 15 mm is considered light, between 15 and 64.5 mm is moderate and above 64.5 mm is heavy.

Forty-one locations in north Delhi got inundated due to the downpour, including areas in Mukherjee Nagar, Fateh Puri, Burari, Rohini, Narela and West Patel Nagar, according to the North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC). Waterlogging was also reported from parts of Okhla and Malviya Nagar in south Delhi, Raja Garden and Mayapuri flyovers in west Delhi and Laxmi Nagar in east Delhi. A private bus gets stuck under a waterlogged bridge in #Delhi's Tughlakabad area. People were seen crossing the submerged roads in Tughlakabad area in a bullock cart. Visuals showed partially submerged cars in Zakir Nagar area of Delhi.

The downpour led to heavy waterlogging at key road stretches, throwing traffic out of gear. Vehicles moved bumper to bumper during the morning rush hour as the downpour led to heavy waterlogging at key road stretches. A damaged a drain near Khaira village forced traffic police to close 200-metre stretch of the road.

As per reports, parts of buildings collapsed at eight places and trees fell at seven locations. The Delhi Traffic Police reported an incident of a tree being uprooted near the high court, which led to traffic snarls.

According to IMD, light rains will continue in the national capital for over the next two to three days. "The axis of monsoon remains close to Delhi-NCR. Also, there is a cyclonic circulation over southwest Uttar Pradesh. Southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea and easterly winds from the Bay of Bengal also fed moisture," Kuldeep Srivastava, the head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre, said.