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Title - No respite from rain in Delhi as commuters have a tough time - The Times of India
Posted by : sushil on Aug 29, 2012 - 20:00:20 PM

NEW DELHI: If Tuesday was bad, Wednesday morning has been no better with heavy early morning showers pouring miseries on schoolchildren and office-goers in the national capital.

Several roads in the national capital have been waterlogged making it difficult for commuters to reach their destination.

Slow traffic movement in most parts of Delhi mainly at Andrews Ganj Ganj ring road, under Lodhi flyover Lala lajpat rai marg, Mahipalpur chowk, RTR in front of Shani Mandir. Also, from Durgapuri chowk to Loni Border, Dabri chowk bus stand (both sides), DD motors Maa Aanand Mai marg, in front of Kalkaji temple, Govindpuri metro station, M.B. road Khanpur to Hamdard Nagar, GK- 1 Archana T-point, Rohtak road Anand Parwat in front of Gali no -10.

Due to waterlogging, water upto 4 feet high has accumulated under railway bridge Pul Prahladpur M.B. road. Motorists going towards Faridabad may use Lal Kuan, Maa Anand Mai Marg, Mathura road and motorists going from M.B. road to Faridabad and Surajkund may use Karni Singh Stadium while those coming to Mehrauli from Faridabad may use Mathura road - Ashram.

Wide and deep potholes with bad roads have caused a jam in Wazirpur industrial area, central market, Ashok vihar and Apollo and Sarita vihar metro station on Mathura road and its service road in the carriageway going from Badarpur to Ashram.

With heavy showers since morning in some areas children had a difficult time reaching their schools.

"The total rainfall in Delhi from June 1 till 5.30pm on August 28 has been 451mm. On Tuesday, Lodhi Road recorded the second heaviest showers with 33.4mm followed by Aya Nagar. The maximum temperature went up to 31.8 degrees Celsius while the minimum was 25.3 degrees Celsius," said a Met official.

However, the rain forced many to take the Metro instead of autorickshaws or buses.

Tuesday saw above the long period average normal rainfall for the day in west UP, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, west and east Rajasthan.

Northwest India's deficit climbed down another notch to 15% while the country's deficit for the season also slipped down to 12%. Delhi, which had a deficit of 26% till Monday morning, saw it come down to a little less than 19% on Tuesday morning.