From the archive record
A broken-down white Ambassador car ic carried through the flooded roads on a flatbed truck. Weren't Ambassador cars almost always breaking down? Delhi comes to a grinding halt in the Chhatarpur deluge. Even EV vehicles sit it out on the side of the road. A woman and her daughter have a hard time walking along the pedestrian track, having to wade through sewage water and take shelter in a water pumping station, until a passing biker offers them a list out of the morass. Rainwater ponds on roads, garbage alongside: Cars deal with monsoon rains in Chhattarpur, Delhi Delhi drags through the monsoon, with flooded roads and heavy traffic jams, stagnant pools of water Traffic in Chhatarpur during monsoon 2025: Water, slush, crowds, honking traffic, Delhi mayhem and typical chaos. The Kanwar Yatra