CITY OF LAKES

MANIC SATURDAY: Almost All Of Delhi Goes Under Again As Incessant Rain Results In Flooded Roads, Traffic Nightmare

- Vibha Sharma & Sakshi Chand

New Delhi: As is now resignedly expected by the capital’s denizens, the day-long showers caused 58 city roads to go under, the main consequence being massive traffic jams. A building collapsed in Begumpur, but there was no loss of lives.

Reports of waterlogging came from RK Puram, Rajpath, Outer Ring Road, Moti Bagh, Dwarka, Aurobindo Marg, Tis Hazari Courts, Madhu Vihar and the underpasses at Rani Khera, Pul Prahladpur and the area near Indira Gandhi International Airport. The condition of Minto Bridge was, however, heartening with no accumulation of water there, according to traffic officials.

Videos surfaced during the day of children ‘swimming’ in the collection of water on roads and public areas, such as opposite the Civic Centre, headquarters of the municipal corporations. In another video, a biker was seen struggling to extricate his two-wheeler from the deluge at Mundka Underpass in north Delhi. Abhishek Dutt, Congress member of South Delhi Municipal Corporation from Andrew Ganj, shared a video of Mehrauli-Badarpur Road. “This road, used by thousands, was inundated and shut down. Unfortunately, nothing seems to have been done to improve the drainage system here,” Dutt said.