Traffic jams expected across Delhi Thursday

October 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police Tuesday conducted a security drill at a cinema hall and two markets to measure the preparedness level of various authorities in case of any emergency. "A security drill was conducted at Vishal Cinema in Rajouri Garden and at Central Market in Lajpat Nagar and in Najafgarh area," Delhi Police's public relations officer Rajan Bhagat told IANS.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heavy rains lashed New Delhi on Thursday leading to traffic snarls and water logging in many areas. The city received 93.2 mm of rains since last night.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Incessant rain since early morning brought Delhi to a virtual standstill Thursday. Waterlogged roads and non-functioning traffic signals led to endless snarls that delayed commuters by hours.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Another spell of rain, another day of traffic jams. It was a familiar story for residents in the capital and its suburbs Wednesday with heavy rains leading to waterlogged roads, traffic lights that didn't work and endless snarls that snagged children going to schools and people trying to get to office.

September 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A spell of heavy rains Thursday night saw chaos again on the capital's streets as roads got flooded and traffic lights stopped working, leading to traffic jams. The rains started at around 9 p.m.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heavy rains lashed the national capital Friday evening, bringing on familiar scenes of waterlogged roads and traffic jams. The heavy showers started around 2.30 p.m.

August 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heavy rains lashed several parts of the national capital this evening leading to traffic snarls in many parts of the city. The downpour resulted in water-logging and traffic snarls in some areas.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), which was blamed by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit Tuesday for the chaos in the national capital after heavy rains Monday, sought to pass the responsibility to other agencies. "Unfortunately, time and again, we are being blamed even for the problems that are happening in Public Work Department (PWD) and New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) areas and roads although we have no control over them," Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain said in a letter to the chief minister.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The nightmare of Monday's deluge spilled over to the morning Tuesday with massive traffic jams in the national capital as many places continued to be waterlogged and commuters faced a harrowing time getting to work. Traffic lights were not working in several key areas and long power cuts seemed to be the order of the day, the morning after 126 mm of rainfall Monday evening almost submerged the city and its suburbs.

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - It has been quite a battle for Anita Manchanda and thousands of other commuters who had to pass near the site of the Delhi Metro accident in south Delhi Monday, with vehicle movement at a crawl due to the traffic diversions. Most people reached their destination several hours late.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Heavy showers accompanied by strong winds brought down the temperature in the capital Saturday evening but also led to traffic jams while the weather office said there were possibilities of thundershowers Sunday too. 'The rain was recorded at 2.8 mm and winds were blowing at a speed of 62 kmph.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in southwest Delhi, police said Thursday, even as protests by residents - who claimed the toll was over 10 in the past week - led to massive traffic jams in the area. 'Four people died after consuming spurious liquor in the Brahmapuri region,' the duty officer at the Dabri police station said.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - For any traffic related problem in the capital call 1095. 'A four digit number has been allotted to Delhi traffic police and commuters can easily get in touch with the traffic police,' Delhi Police Commissioner Y.S Dadwal told reporters.

January 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The funeral processions of former president R. Venkataraman and former Delhi Congress chief Ram Babu Sharma Wednesday threw traffic in the national capital out of gear, leading to jams and snarls for many hours at various points.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi police commissioner Y.S. Dadwal Friday said the capital's police is going to launch an intensive traffic drive Feb 1 and intensify penalizing people for traffic violations.