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-NCR has been raining continuously since last night (30 July), which continues till morning (July 31). Due to this rain, there has been relief from the humidity and heat continued for 2 days, but there has been a situation of water logging and traffic jam in many areas. As if the capital was stopped yesterday, as it was the capital.

According to the Meteorological Department, similar rainfall can continue in the capital for the next 4 to 5 days. The Safdarjung Observatory has recorded 15 mm of rain till 5:30 pm on Tuesday evening.

Water filled on roads, affected to airport

Due to continuous rains since night, areas like Shastri Bhavan, ITO, Connaught Place, Janpath, Jorbagh and Aerocity have been flooded. There is difficulty in movement due to water logging near the airport.

People are facing huge problems due to rain in Noida and surrounding areas. The Meteorological Department has warned that there is a possibility of rain in some areas along with cloud thunderstorms.

#Watch Delhi | Rain lashes parts of the national capital.

(Morning visuals from janpath) pic.twitter.com/nwshj1w41l

– ANI (@ani) July 31, 2025

Traffic police advisory, avoid these paths

A few hours ago, the Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory, which states that a carriageway has been closed due to the road sinking on Chand Cinema Road. Due to which the affected route is the road leading from Chand Cinema Road to Kalyanpuri Road. Alternative route for this: Kalyanpuri Road → Right Mud → Ghazipur Road → Trilokpuri Crossing → Right Mud → Vasundhara Road → Left Tare → Kotla Road.

Traffic is slow and policemen are present on the spot. Passengers have been advised to make plans before the journey and keep an eye on traffic police channels for updates.

How will the weather be in the coming days?

According to the Meteorological Department, the maximum temperature in Delhi-NCR will be around 33–35 degrees Celsius till August 5. The minimum temperature was recorded at 25.8 degrees on Wednesday, which is 1.3 degrees below normal. The maximum temperature was 32.7 degrees, which is 1.7 degrees below normal. The next 4 to 5 days will be the period of clouds and rain, due to which the temperature will remain stable.