New Delhi: The tall claims of the civic authorities that they had taken all measures to ensure there was no waterlogging in underpasses, rail under-bridges and colony roads proved incorrect after the first monsoon rain in the city on Thursday.
A large number of places, including the known trouble-spots, were deluged within a few minutes of the rain starting early on Thursday morning.
Even the newly inaugurated Pragati Maidan tunnel was not spared. Traffic there moved at glacial pace due to waterlogging. Water accumulated and impeded traffic in one of the new underpasses on Mathura Road too. PWD officials had claimed there were elaborate arrangements in the tunnel, including installation of automatic pumps and seven underground sumps for swift discharge of floodwater, but these weren't evident during the day.
When TOI visited the spot in the afternoon, the pumps were operating at the Mathura Road underpass, but there still was a lot of water around. A PWD official explained that water had collected at the entrance and ramps of the tunnel because they were open to the skies.
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