While the pre-monsoon showers brought some relief from the heat and humidity on Wednesday, they also brought trouble for commuters. During the evening peak hours, waterlogged roads brought the traffic to a halt at many key stretches in the national Capital. Major traffic snarls were witnessed at south Delhi’s AIIMS flyover, RTR flyover, Ashram Chowk, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Aurobindo Marg, and Nehru Place, among others. “Vehicles piled up near the RTR flyover. Both the Ring Road and the Outer Ring road — the lifeline stretches of the city — witnessed extremely slow movement of traffic, resulting in massive jams.

Source: dna June 29, 2017 01:41 UTC