India, July 9 -- A day after a portion of the Delhi-Gurugram-Jaipur (NH-48) expressway caved in at Narsinghpur following heavy rain, Gurugram continued to struggle with severe traffic congestion on Wednesday as lane restrictions, repair work and fresh showers crippled movement on the highway and several arterial roads.

While the damaged stretch was reopened on a trial basis by Wednesday evening about 8pm after emergency repairs by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), diversions remained in place through the day, with traffic police deploying additional personnel and rerouting commuters to ease pressure on the expressway.

The cave-in, reported around 4.30pm on Tuesday after heavy rain, forced the closure of two lanes on the D...