Rain forecast, chaos expected

The places most likely to witness water-logging on Monday are Nawada, Kakrola, Defence Colony, Sangam Vihar, Okhla, Okhla Phase-2, Garhi, Nehru Place, Janakpuri, Naraina, Lajpat Nagar, Safdarjung, Dwarka, Dhaula Kuan, ITO, Vikas Marg, Akshardham, Geeta Colony, Minto Road, Chandni Chowk, ISBT Kashmiri Gate, Rohtash Nagar, Loni and Mandawli.

The Delhi Traffic Police have advised commuters to plan their route in advance, and avoid points that generally witness traffic jams or water-logging. “We will be deploying many of our personnel, and the focus will be on major water-logging points. We have already listed out 163 water-logging points and apprised the agencies concerned of the need to fix them,” said Sandeep Goel, special commissioner of police (traffic).

Traffic updates will be posted on Twitter and Facebook for maximum outreach among commuters, he added.

Two buses had broken down on flooded streets over the weekend, spurring the Delhi Transport Corporation to advise drivers against taking the vehicles into water-logged areas. Heavy rainfall on Saturday caused water-logging and traffic snarls at many places across the city, and a road cave-in was reported at Mahavir Nagar in West Delhi on Sunday morning.

Though Sunday only witnessed light showers, it still caused water-logging at several places. Just 14.8 mm of rain was recorded on Sunday, as compared to 65 mm the previous day.