New Delhi:
Delhi began its Friday with heavy rain, and morning commuters found themselves stuck in traffic jams and water-logging.
(See Pics)The Met department has forecast rain till Saturday morning.
The rain began at 8 am.
"We are getting many complaints of traffic jams due to choked drains. Traffic is slow in Nizamuddin, Greater Kailash 1, and Safdarjung in south Delhi," a traffic police official said.
Pedestrians and people riding motorcycles and scooters were seen taking shelter under bridge.
"I am stuck on the Ring Road. I don't understand why, as soon as rain starts, the roads start getting choked," Akansha Singh of south Delhi told news agency IANS.
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the city received 15.6 mm of rain from 8.30 am on Thursday to 8.30 am this morning.
"The sky will remain cloudy, with rain and thundershowers in some parts of the city," an IMD official said, adding that maximum and minimum temperatures will stay around 32 and 25 degrees Celsius respectively.
Humidity at 8.30 am this morning stood at 97 percent.
Since the monsoon's arrival in June, Delhi has received 539.6 mm of rain, 29 percent more than average.
Thursday's maximum temperature was three notches below average for the season, at 30.7 degrees Celsius. The minimum was two notches below average, at 24.7 degrees Celsius.