This story is from September 2, 2021

Capital becomes water world, traffic reduced to crawl

Capital becomes water world, traffic reduced to crawl
New Delhi: The heavy rain caused massive traffic jams across the city on Wednesday with bumper-to-bumer vehicular movement being reported from multiple places in central and south Delhi for hours. Areas like Dhaula Kuan, Minto Bridge, Rajghat, Connaught Place, Moolchand, Azad market, Rohtak Road and ITO were among the worst-affected stretches.
Traffic initially remained disrupted between 8am and 2.30pm.
While Delhi Traffic Police closed vehicular traffic under Minto Bridge, it issued an advisory for the Azad Market subway going towards Pratap Nagar due to waterlogging. The Zakhira underpass was also closed. The traffic at Moolchand and Minto Bridge were affected as early as 7.30am. After a brief respite around noon, jams were reported till late evening from different parts of Delhi.
The traffic police issued alerts through Twitter for disruptions near Lajpat Nagar Metro station, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, Moolchand bus stand, Aurvindo Marg near AIIMS flyover, near Jangpura Metro station, AIIMS to Moolchand, Ring Road near Moolchand red light, GTK Depot, Pul Prahladpur underpass and MB Road. The carriageway towards Dwarka to Rajapuri was closed. Traffic remained heavy at Mehram Nagar and Dwarka underpasses and Bijwasan flyover, and was diverted on Mathura Road. Both carriageways from Rajghat and Shantivan witnessed snarls.
Other affected stretches/points included Dhaula Kuan to Gurgaon, Rajdhani Park Metro station to Mundka, Nangloi to Najafgarh Road, MB Road Khanpur to Hamdard Nagar red light, Kashmere Gate Metro station, Sanjay T-point, Chhatta Rail Chowk and Iron Bridge. Traffic also moved slowly at South Extension, Lajpat Nagar, Pragati Maidan, etc.
Due to waterlogging near Chirag Dilli, traffic on Press Enclave Road and inside Malviya Nagar were affected till around 10.30pm. Snarls were also reported from Kalindi Kunj, Jasola and Punjabi Bagh. Traffic was affected from Jahangirpuri Metro station to Mukarba Chowk and commuters are advised to avoid the Azadpur Chowk-Mukarba Chowk stretch.
“We provided live updates to civic bodies and asked them to pump out water from the affected areas,” said a police officer.
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