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Rains cause waterlogging in Delhi traffic movement affected

31-Aug-2021
New Delhi Aug 31 PTI Rains lashed many parts of the national capital on Tuesday leading to waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas of the cityAccording to officials of the Traffic Police and the Public Works Department PWD heavy waterlogging was reported underneath the AIIMS flyover at the W-point ITO Ring Road near Hyatt Hotel both sides of the Savitri flyover Maharani Bagh Dhaula Kuan to 11 Murti carriageway Shahjahan Road Lala Lajpat Rai Marg and Moolchand underpass among othersWaterlogging was also seen in residential colonies such as Jangpura extension Defence Colony Maharani Bagh Malviya Nagar Garhi village Sangam Vihar Vigyan Lok Laxmi Nagar they saidInundated streets led to traffic snarls on several key stretches such as ITO Vikas Marg Ring Road near IP Estate flyover Mehrauli-Badarpur Road Dhaula Kuan near Bhikaji Cama Place on Ring Road Narayana Rohtak Road Peeragarhi and Nangloi among othersPeople uploaded videos of waterlogged streets in different parts of the city on social mediaTaking a dig at the Arvind Kejriwal led-Aam Aadmi Party AAP government Bharatiya Janata Party BJP MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma shared a video on Twitter of water falling like a waterfall from a flyover on a car underneath itDelhiites will no longer have to go out of station to see waterfall Arvind Kejriwal has discovered a unique technique We got to thank Kejriwal Verma saidAnother video uploaded on social media showed a stretch covered in waist-deep water and a motorcycle floating in itPeople in the video claimed that this happened near AIIMS flyover However PTI could not independently verify the veracity of these videosVehicular movement was affected at a few places and traffic police diverted motorists to other routesDue to heavy waterlogging at the Pul Prahladpur underpass the Traffic Police diverted vehicular movement on the Mehrauli-Badarpur road towards Maa Anandmai MargCarriageway of IOCL Dwarka to NSG Dwarka is closed due to waterlogging Please avoid using this route Traffic is heavy on Narayana road as the stretch from Narayana to Dhaula Kuan has been damaged the Traffic Police said in a series of tweetsCommuters had a harrowing time due to traffic jams in different parts of the cityGetting stuck in a traffic jam is a nightmare whether it is due to waterlogging or poor roads I was stuck in a traffic jam for about 20 minutes on Rohtak Road near Peeragarhi Authorities should do something so that such level of waterlogging doesnt occur Ramesh Kushwaha a resident of Patel Nagar saidPWD officials said around 30-40 waterlogging complaints were received till the eveningAccording to municipal data nearly 10 incidents of tree felling were reported A portion of a wall also collapsed near Sainik Farms in south DelhiWe are keeping an eye on the situation and ensuring that people do not face much inconvenience due to waterlogging We are dealing with waterlogging complaints on priority basis a senior PWD official said PTI AKM IJT IJT
31-Aug-2021 National
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