Today as the citizens of the New Delhi were on their way to office’s and schools, underwent a bad experience of mother nature. New Delhi today faced a strong lashing from heavy rains, which has caused water clogging and traffic jam. Life in the capital has become tough after the rains.

6 People are reported to have been injured due to the rains as three building have collapsed.  The skies in the national capital were over cast from the early morning but the heavy rains began at around 08.00 am. People around the city were taking shelter under flyovers and bus stops.

A large pothole has been caved in on the Jaswant Singh Road, and many commuters specially the two wheeler riders have parked their bikes and scooters under bridges and flyovers which has caused vehicular traffic to rise. Water clogging has become another problem as many places and roads in Delhi have been partially submerged under water.

At least 11 people have been counted dead due the heavy rains that lashed the city of New Delhi in India yesterday. Roads were submerged in knee deep water and vehicular traffic just came to a stand still, resulting to traffic jams, water gushing into low lying areas and into peoples homes, trees being uprooted, this shows the loopholes in Delhi’s management of the city just before the Common Wealth Games.

Reports state that, in three hours, the whole face of Delhi changed with sudden rains, which downpured 51.4 mm of rain in the city. It started from 5.30 to 8.30 pm, as it was reported only some parts of Delhi is recieving rain heavily, but then the humidity levels went up to 80% and it started to rain in almost all parts of Delhi. And as there was a sudden gush in the rains, the people who were communting back home were suddenly stuck in jams, clogged water on the streets and fallen trees. It took them almost five hours for the people, to ease out of the traffic.

With such a havoc created by nature, 6 people died by electocution and 5 died due to wall collapse in Delhi. Many trees and branches were lying all over after the strong winds blew, causing heavy traffic jams. It was reported that some of the trees that have been uprooted were very old.