Muggy day in Delhi, rains in store (Lead)
July 10th, 2011 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, July 10 (IANS) The weekend ended on a muggy note for Delhiites Sunday as the skies remained clear and sunny for most of the day after a brief spell of rain in the morning. The Met office has forecast more rains Monday.
The city received .3 mm of rainfall till 5.30 p.m.
“The maximum temperature settled two notches below average at 33 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 26.6 degrees, normal for this time of the season,” an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The humidity levels wavered between a high of 93 percent and a low of 79 percent, he added.
The morning showers resulted in the flooding of many roads because of clogged drains resulting in jams. The problem was aggravated by some traffic lights which malfunctioned on some intersections.
According to the traffic police, due to waterlogging vehicular movement was slow on roads leading to popular central Delhi business and shopping hub Connaught Place, near the Azadpur flyover in central Delhi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Indian Institute of Technology in south Delhi.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) registered 51 complaints of waterlogging, nine complaints of fallen trees and five complaints of wall collapse.
Many commuters were seen taking shelter from the rain under flyovers and bus stops.
On Monday’s weather forecast, a Met department official said: “The skies will remain cloudy (on Monday) and there is a possibility of rain in some parts of the city. The maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 35 and 26 degrees Celsius.”
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