Delhi-Gurugram expressway waterlogged, 5-km jam
June 21, 2023 12:48
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Several parts of Gurugram witnessed waterlogging following heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning. The rain lashed the city at 6 am.
The waterlogging on the expressway after the rains, causing a traffic jam for up to 5 kilometers. People were highly inconvenienced as massive delays were caused, and public transport was also hindered.
A bus full of passengers was stuck in the waterlogged roads for more than an hour.
Earlier this morning, the Regional Weather Forecasting Centre (RWFC) of Delhi, predicted thunderstorm conditions with light to moderate rain and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph in some of the adjoining areas of Delhi, including Gurugram.
The RWFC provides the weather forecasts for North-West India and the Delhi NCR region.
They tweeted about rain forecasts for Gurugram from the early hours of the morning, to occur until later hours. "21/06/2023: 08:05 IST; Thunderstorm with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places of Delhi ( Palam, IGI Airport), NCR ( Gurugram, Manesar) Farukhnagar, Sohana, Nuh (Haryana) Moradabad, Sambhal, Billari, Chandausi, Jahangirabad, Anupshahar, Bahajoi..," tweeted RWFC.
Other parts of the Delhi NCR region also received varying amounts of rainfall this morning, as they have been for the past few days.