Delhi: Rain gives respite from heat; waterlogging in several parts of city

New Delhi, Sep 16 (PTI) Rain lashed parts of the national capital on Saturday, giving a respite from the heat as the minimum temperature settled at 26.9 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season's average, the weather department said.

Waterlogging and traffic congestion were also reported in several parts of the city.

According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature settled at 33.8 degree Celsius, normal during the season.

Delhi recorded 0.6 mm of rain in the last 24 hours which ended at 8:30 am on Saturday.

The relative humidity was recorded at 85 per cent at 8:30 am.

The IMD further stated that light to moderate intensity rain and gusty winds with speed of 30-40 Km/h would occur over and adjoining areas of entire Delhi and NCR (Loni Dehat, Bahadurgarh, Ghaziabad, Indirapuram, Noida, Dadri, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad, Manesar, Ballabhgarh) etc. during the next two hours.

The IMD has predicted generally cloudy skies with light rain for Sunday. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle at 33 and 25 degrees Celsius respectively.

The commuters wrote on X about the traffic situation in the national capital.

One of them said that he thought Bangalore's traffic was bad but today, he realised that Delhi is also giving a tough competition to it.

Others said the traffic was heavy from Surya Nagar to Anand Vihar and Madipur to New Multan Nagar, a complete chaos.

Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) stood at 87 around 5 pm.

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