New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- A man in his 30s is feared to have drowned after falling into a drain in south Delhi's Mehrauli during Tuesday's heavy downpour, a police officer said, adding that the area, close to a dargah, is prone to waterlogging and overflowing drains whenever it rains.

The man, identified as Devendra, is suspected to have slipped into the drain on Tuesday morning and was swept away by the current. A search operation continued till late evening but he was not found. Authorities said the search will resume on Wednesday morning.

The heavy rain did not just threaten lives- it also threw the city into chaos, leaving arterial roads waterlogged, traffic crawling, and metro concourses inundated. Just two days before Navratri festiv...