Heavy rains lashed the capital in which one person died of apparent electrocution and crippled the city inundating several low-lying areas, causing massive traffic jams with thousands of people stranded for hours till late on Monday night and disrupting flights.
A 36-year-old identified as Naveen, a resident of Gupta Colony, died apparently getting electrocuted after coming in contact with an electric pole which had a short circuit following the rains. The incident took place at Ramaiyya Chowk in Central Delhi's Mori Gate at around 9.20 pm.
The season's heaviest rainfall which virtually continued for five to six hours since evening gave relief from the prolonged heat spell to the rain-starved Capital but left a trail of misery as a massive traffic gridlock across the city frustrated people returning home in water-logged roads.
The city received 29.4 mm of rains between 5:30 pm and 8:30 pm, a senior official at the Meteorological Department said, adding, rain gauges in the city recorded 69 mm of rains from Sunday evening till 8:30 pm on Monday. More rains are predicted for Tuesday.
There were reports of a wall collapse in Sangam Vihar - where two people were injured - and Jehangirpuri.
Massive water-logging and traffic snarls occurred in many areas, including India Gate, ITO, R K Puram, Dhaula Kuan and localities in West Delhi and East Delhi.
Traffic lights snapped at several intersections compounding the chaos on the arterial roads where scores of vehicles packed up after water filtered into the engines.
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