Heavy rains lash Delhi, waterlogging causes traffic chaos

Heavy rains lashed parts of the national capital on Wednesday leading to waterlogging and traffic jams in many areas, even as the mercury settled at the normal level.

Vehicular movement was affected across the city, including at ITO, Vikas Marg, South Extension, Khanpur, Mahipalpur, Hari Nagar, IIT crossing, Nehru Place, Yusuf Sarai Market and Munirka.

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Traffic also crawled at various major intersections such as Laxmi Nagar, Kashmere Gate, Dwarka, Dhaula Kuan, Sarai Kale Khan, Moolchand, Karkarduma, Rajghat, Kalindi Kunj.

On Tuesday, Delhi had witnessed light showers throughout the day.

The Safdarjung observatory received 21 mm rainfall while the reading at Palam was 16.2 mm.

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"The maximum temperature was recorded at 33.3 degrees Celsius while the minimum settled at 25 degrees Celsius, both a notch below normal," a MeT official said.

Humidity levels osscilated between 97 and 69 per cent.