India, July 10 -- Parts of Uttar Pradesh that neighbour Delhi - Ghaziabad, Noida - were on Thursday severely waterlogged after heavy rain that started the previous night and continued without a pause almost throughout the day, leaving several people dead.

The rain was attributed to the western quadrant of a low-pressure area, with eastern parts of the NCR, including Noida, Ghaziabad, north and east Delhi, projected to bear the brunt of the system.

The heavy rain in Ghaziabad and Noida left at least three people dead, including a three-year-old who died in her own house in Vijay Nagar and was found facedown in water, triggering protest by locals.

The three-year-old girl, Pallavi, drowned after being swept into a waterlogged drain outsid...