There is huge traffic jam in Delhi NCR before Diwali. On Friday (17 October), the roads of Delhi came to a standstill due to traffic jams. Where the shopping spree in the markets and the huge crowd of passengers returning home completely disrupted the traffic system. The pressure was highest in the central, south, east, north-west, outer and northern outskirts, while the traffic on the Ring Road was seen moving forward at a crawl. Passengers allege that Delhi Traffic Police is nowhere to be seen.

The most heart-wrenching scene was captured on camera when two ambulances were stuck in a traffic jam for hours, one of which was carrying a four-day-old newborn who had a hole in his heart and needed to be immediately rushed to the hospital, but the sluggish traffic put his life at stake. There was severe traffic jam at Moolchand flyover and many other places. Now the question arises whether our system is ready to handle the festive crowd?

#WATCH Traffic congestion witnessed at Moolchand flyover in Delhi amid the Diwali rush, ahead of the festival on 20 October. pic.twitter.com/ZkB6KITKI5

— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2025

Traffic jam in Gurugram also

There was a traffic jam in Gurugram adjacent to Delhi on Friday (17 October). Due to the festive season and weekends, everything from the highways to the city streets were packed. There was a jam on the highway for about 5 kilometers. Due to heavy traffic jam on the route from Gurugram to Delhi and from Delhi to Gurugram, vehicles were seen crawling.

What did Additional CP say regarding traffic arrangements?

On the other hand, on traffic movement and other arrangements before Diwali and other festivals, Additional CP Dinesh K Gupta said, “We have deployed our maximum staff. Our team is patrolling on motorcycles. Our officers are in the field. Officers are constantly keeping an eye on the field. We are removing vehicles parked on the road. We are issuing challans on the spot.”

#WATCH Delhi: On traffic movement & arrangements ahead of Diwali and other festivals, Dinesh K Gupta, Additional CP, says, “…We have deployed our maximum staff. Our motorcycles are patrolling. Our officers are in the field. The officers are continuously monitoring the field.… pic.twitter.com/YuD2nXgnIm

— ANI (@ANI) October 17, 2025

Area Specific Traffic Plan

He also said, “We are issuing maximum challans through our challan app so that people do not park their vehicles at the wrong place. In main markets like Lajpat Nagar, Sarojini Nagar and Connaught Place, we have made area specific traffic plans for these areas. We have also installed parking facilities.

Life is affected due to heavy rains in Delhi-NCR since the morning of Friday (August 29). Excessive rainfall alert has also been issued for NCR’s Noida and Ghaziabad.

There is also a yellow alert of rain for South-East Delhi, Central Delhi, Shahdara, East Delhi. According to the estimate of the Meteorological Department here, there may be strong rains from mid -middle for the next few hours. At the same time, there is a possibility of light rain throughout the day.

After the rains on Friday morning, passengers faced heavy traffic jams on several major routes. A Delhi Traffic Police official said that traffic was affected on the Delhi-Noida-Direct (DND) flyway, Mathura Road, Vikas Marg, ISBT, Geeta Colony and Rajaram Kohli route.

There was a long queue of vehicles from Badarpur to the ashram, causing huge inconvenience to the office going and school buses. Delhi Traffic Police said that its parties have been deployed at several places to control the crowd and control the flow of vehicles.

“Traffic was slow due to rain and waterlogging in some areas,” an official said. Our personnel have been deployed to normalize the situation and help the passengers. ”

Delhi rains today: Due to the strong wind and rain in Delhi, the incident of water filling and falling trees in many areas came to light. Its direct effect was that many areas of Delhi got jammed. People going to the morning office had to face many problems. People reached the office late due to traffic jam.

The operation of aircraft at the Indira Gandhi International Airport was affected due to thunder rains and strong winds in Delhi on Friday morning.

#Watch Delhi: Rain Showers Lashed Parts of the National Capital; Waterlogging witnessed in Several Areas.

(Visuals from Minto Road Area) pic.twitter.com/nvwxw9tjoo

– ANI (@ani) May 2, 2025

Where-Where did the effect of traffic jam be seen?

In Delhi and surrounding cities, people had to face thunderstorms and torrential rains as soon as dawn. Even if people came out of the house with courage to go to the office, people in different areas of Delhi faced traffic jam after falling trees due to strong wind. Due to waterlogging in many places, people also had trouble in movement.

The areas of Delhi, which caused people to face traffic jam due to falling trees and waterlogging, include many areas including Airport Flyover, Mahipalpur Red Light and its surrounding area, IGI Airport Dwarka Underpass, Connaught Place, Minto Road, ITO, Moolchand, RK Puram Major Somnath Marg, Subroto Park, Army Dipo Delhi Cantt and Delhi Secretariat.

VIDEO | Delhi: Work underway to clear roads as trees were uprooted during morning Visuals from Near DDC 227 Army Depot Gate. #Delhirains #Weatherupdate

(Full video available on pti videos – https://t.co/n147tvrpg7, pic.twitter.com/anrk30QPG5

– Press Trust of India (@Pti_News) May 2, 2025

100 more blows affected in Delhi

Apart from this, Delhi Airport Authority had to change the route of three flights due to heavy rains and strong winds in Delhi. Apart from this, the operation of more than 100 flights was delayed.

Two flights coming to Delhi Airport were diverted to Jaipur and one flight towards Ahmedabad. ‘Delhi International Airport Limited’, which operates the airport, informed through the social media platform ‘X’ at 5.20 am that some flights have been affected due to bad weather.

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