Heavy rain in Delhi, water logging hits traffic

It was a rained out heavily in Delhi on Wednesday. The season's heaviest showers resulting in several areas being waterlogged and the inevitable traffic snarls. The early morning showers  led to chaos in the city with people wading through knee-deep water in several areas, water seeping into basements and traffic jams on key roads. The traffic department issued alerts on social networking sites and its website asking people to avoid rain-affected routes. At least 12 domestic flights were cancelled. However, the airport authority has claimed that flight operations are normal at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport. It said individual airlines took decisions to cancel flights. In the last 24 hours, Delhi has received its highest rainfall so far this season.