Srinagar, July 21 -- Heavy rains lashed parts of Kashmir on Monday, leading to waterlogging in several areas in Srinagar even as the Meteorological Department has forecast spells of rainfall or thundershowers till July 23, officials said.

For the second day heavy rains were witnessed in the Union territory with Kashmir's capital Srinagar recording 45.6 mm of rains and central Kashmir's Ganderbal receiving 46 mm rainfall in a brief period.

The heavy downpour in Srinagar inundated large parts of Srinagar city particularly its business and tourist hubs like Lal Chowk, Jehangir Chowk, Maisuma and Boulevard road on Dal Lake, and a major part of the Old City.

From Nawa Kadal to Baba Demb , a 3-km stretch in DownTown, traffic movement was aff...