India, July 30 -- New Delhi

Intermittent rainfall across the Capital from Wednesday afternoon to evening led to waterlogging of some key roads and triggered snarls on the Ring Road and major arterial roads during the evening rush hour.

Among the worst-hit stretches was the stretch of the Ring Road between Lajpat Nagar and Sarai Kale Khan-Indraprastha Park, where traffic crawled for nearly two to three hours due to water accumulation near the Barapullah flyway, close to the Sarai Kale Khan bus terminal CNG station. The carriageway of the Barapullah flyway towards Sarai Kale Khan from south Delhi was also severely logjammed.

A senior traffic police officer, who did not wish to be named, said, "Traffic remained heavy on the two routes for...