Rains lash Delhi, traffic moves at snail's pace

Widespread rains lashed the national capital on Tuesday, leading to heavy waterlogging that threw traffic out of gear in many parts of the city.

Vehicles moved bumper-to-bumper on DND flyover, Akshardham road and the ITO crossing.

Traffic bottlenecks were also witnessed on stretches of Rohtak Road, near Tis Hazari court, from Khyber Pass towards Model Town.

A tree fell on the stretch between the Maharani Bagh and Ashram leading to traffic chaos.

By and large, rains covered the entire city, the weather department said.

The Safdarjung Observatory, which provides official figures for the city, recorded 22.2 mm rainfall. The weather stations at Palam, Lodhi Road, Ridge and Ayanagar gauged 9.6, 24.3, 32.8 and 7.9 mm precipitation.

More rains are predicted on Wednesday.

Thereafter, the axis of monsoon trough will move towards south of Delhi. Patchy rains at isolated places will continue till August 11-12, Mahesh Palawat of Skymet Weather said.

On July 22, the Safdarjung observatory recorded