Chaos after short, intense rain in city

Intense rain lashed the Capital on Saturday noon and gusty winds, blowing at a speed of 30-50km/hour, uprooted at least 30 trees and felled large branches, choking several arterial roads

Though the rain lasted only for a brief period, waterlogging was reported from a few pockets of the city.

The Safdarjung observatory recorded 15.2mm of rainfall between 8.30am and 5.30pm on Saturday. Palam recorded a rainfall of 14mm during the same duration. The weather department has forecast that cloudy skies will prevail on Sunday.

"Partly cloudy sky will prevail with the possibility of very light rain and thundershowers," said the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

Meanwhile, officials from the Public Works Department (PWD) said that nearly 25 roads across the city were affected due to uprooted trees or broken branches. "Most of the trees were removed to the side of the road by early evening to clear way for traffic. However, these will be picked up on tractors over the night. We got maximum complaints of tree felling on Saturday, while waterlogging was reported only from a few places," said a PWD official.