81 Waterlogging Calls, 32 Fallen Trees As Rain Chokes Delhi Roads

Hours of heavy rain turned several of Delhi's arterial and connecting roads into choke points on Friday, with waterlogged stretches, fallen trees and long traffic queues slowing movement across large parts of the national capital.From Mahipalpur and Dhaula Kuan to MB Road, Ring Road, ITO and parts of east Delhi, commuters faced prolonged delays as multiple bottlenecks emerged almost simultaneously.By the end of the day, the scale of the disruption was showing up in complaint registers too.The Public Works Department (PWD) received 66 complaints of waterlogging and 17 complaints of fallen trees, while the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) received 15 waterlogging complaints and 15 tree-fall complaints.That meant 81 waterlogging calls and 32 complaints of fallen trees across the two agencies alone.South Delhi Bears The BruntSouth and southeast Delhi were among the worst-hit parts of the city.Waterlogging was reported from Mahipalpur, Chhatarpur, Okhla, Sangam Vihar, Sainik Farms, Vasant Kunj, Vasant…