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| August 19, 2010 | Heavy rain causes traffic snarls, water logging in Delhi | |
New Delhi:Heavy rain created huge traffic snarls and water logging in many areas of Delhi on Thursday.
The showers began at 8.45 a.m. for 4.9 mm of rains. In areas such as Vikas Marg,
Connaught Place , AIIMS, IIT, Outer Ring Road the vehicular movement was noted
slow. Simultaneously, due to water logging traffic movement was slow on Badarpur
Border, Azad Market and Kishan Ganj Railway Crossing. Areas such as Hauz Rani,
Lajpat Nagar , MB Road Saket Sports Complex, Durga Puri Chowk towards Loni, Qutub
metro station, ISBT Kashmere Gate, Rajghat, Sarita Vihar flyover, Hanuman Setu
were also not left from traffic snarls and water logging. Many cases of vehicle
breakdown were noted which had become a cause for slow vehicular movement on Shivaji
Park-Punjabi Bagh, Janakpuri-Dhaula Kuan, Hanuman Setu-ISBT, Mukarba Chowk-Bye
Pass, Chandki Ram Akhra-Wazirabad, Wazirabad Bridge-Khajuri and Mehrauli-Mahipalpur
routes. Vehicles were also blocked on the DND flyover which connects Delhi and
Noida, AIIMS, South-Ex, Moti Bagh West, Nizamuddin and Vivekanand Marg. According
sources traffic was diverted from Raj Ghat crossing on Ring Road towards Delhi
secretariat following heavy rain. |
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