Delhi Police receive 3,000 calls on traffic jams

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 1
The Delhi Police received 3,000 calls regarding traffic jams in the Capital after heavy rain lashed the city on Wednesday evening. Several areas in Delhi were inundated, leading to massive traffic jams across the city.
In addition to the traffic-related calls, 127 calls were received for waterlogging, 27 for building collapses and 50 for fallen trees.

Commuters reported widespread traffic chaos not only in Delhi, but also on the Delhi-Noida Expressway, the Gurugram and Delhi-Noida-Delhi Flyway, and extending to South Delhi’s Moolchand. On the Mehrauli-Chhattarpur road, commuters claimed they were stuck for more than an hour due to the heavy rain. Traffic snarls were also reported on roads in Lutyens Delhi and those leading to Gurugram, Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. Old Rajinder Nagar, where students were protesting the deaths of three UPSC aspirants in a flooded coaching institute basement, was submerged in knee-deep water. In Connaught Place, several showrooms and restaurants were flooded.
The weather also disrupted air traffic, with at least 10 flights to Delhi being diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow.
The Capital experienced a record-breaking deluge, with 108 mm of rainfall in just 24 hours — the highest single-day total for July in 14 years.