Heavy rains bring Indian capital to standstill

The Indian capital came to a standstill on Monday due to heavy rains that led to massive waterlogging and traffic jams in various parts.

Commuters, mostly office-goers and school students, had a harrowing time on the roads as large parts of Delhi got inundated by just two hours of heavy rainfall in the morning.

The waterlogged roads triggered massive traffic jams across the national capital as vehicular movement slowed down and some cars broke down in the middle of the roads, a traffic cop said.

The Delhi traffic police also took to social media site Twitter to inform motorists about the jams on various streteches, but by that time half of the national capital had been choked.

"I started for office around 8.30 a.m. local time. It's been two hours I have been stuck in snarls near IIT-Delhi. The traffic management is so poor," said R.K. Sharma, a motorist.

Another commuter said that half-kilometre-long commutes were taking over an hour to cover. "I was to drop my son to school in the morning, now I am returning home as he is late," Subeer Iich said.

Delhi is infamous for traffic jams, not because of only traffic mismanagement but due to over 1,000 new vehicles getting registered on roads every month. Endit