NEW DELHI: Heavy rain continued to lash parts of Delhi and the national capital region for the second consecutive day on Saturday.
Heavy rains left the forecourt of the Delhi airport and other parts of the city waterlogged.
According to civic agencies, several areas in the city including Moti Bagh, RK Puram, Madhu Vihar, Hari Nagar, Rohtak Road, Badarpur, Som Vihar, Ring Road near IP Station, Vikas Marg, Sangam Vihar, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Pul Prahladpur Underpass, Munirka, Rajpur Khurd, Nangloi and Kirari also witnessed waterlogging.
People posted pictures and videos of waterlogged streets on social media.
In a video on Twitter purportedly showing waterlogging in Madhu Vihar, some DTC cluster buses could be seen standing in the water, and other commuters manoeuvring their vehicles through the inundated road.
Officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) said the filed staff is on the ground to pump out water from streets.
"Due to heavy rain in the early morning (on Saturday), waterlogging occurred at a number of places. We are tackling those issues on priority. Our staff is present round the clock to monitor the situation," a PWD official said.
The Delhi Traffic also posted tweets informing people about the stretches where they are expected to witness waterlogging.
"Traffic alert. Traffic is heavy due to water logging at GGR/PDR. Kindly avoid the stretch," it said in a tweet around 11am.
"Traffic alert. Water logging near WHO on Ring Road. Kindly avoid the stretch," it said in another tweet.
The weather department had issued an ‘orange’ alert for Saturday, forecasting moderate to heavy showers.
Despite monsoon arriving late this year, Safdarjung, Delhi’s base station for weather, crossed the 1,000mm rainfall mark for the season on Friday.
The Safdarjung observatory received 5.4mm of rainfall in a 24-hour period till 8.30 am on Friday, with 10.2mm of rainfall recorded between 5.30pm and 8.30pm, taking the figure to 1,015.5mm.
It went past the 1,000mm mark for the first time since 2010, when Delhi received 1,031.5mm between June and September.
(With inputs from agencies)
