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Heavy rain lashed the Delhi, causing massive traffic jams due to water-logging as vehicles had to negotiate flooded streets which exposed the civic bodies' lack of preparedness. Waterlogging was reported in several low-lying areas of the city while in some parts, rainwater is said to have flooded the basements of flats. Within an hour of the showers, there was chaos on almost all arterial roads as traffic signals did not function properly and choked drains flooded the streets. Trees in some parts of the city were uprooted in the heavy rainfall, causing disruption in power supply in some areas. Bumper-to-bumper traffic was witnessed at major intersections such as ITO, Laxmi Nagar, Moti Bagh, Kashmere Gate, Munirka, Dwarka and Dhaula Kuan. "There are reports of traffic jams from various area
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