Heavy showers drenched Delhiites today as the capital received the highest rainfall for a single day this monsoon even as waterlogging and slow traffic inconvenienced commuters.

The rain gauges in the city measured 59.5 mm for a period of 24 hours till 8:30 AM today, the highest for a single day. On August 21, the city had received 54.4 mm rains, the highest so far.

Pothholed roads and waterlogging, which in some cases rose up to four feet, slowed down vehicular movement causing inconvenience to office-goers.

There was water logging up to four feet high under railway bridge in Pul Pahladpur while vehicular movement was slow from Durgapuri Chowk to Loni Border, Dabri, Maa Aanand Mai marg, Kalkaji, Govindpuri, Khanpur, Hamdard Nagar, GK-1 and Anand Parbat.

Traffic was also badly affected due to “wide and deep potholes” under and Sarita Vihar Metro Station and on service road in the carriageway going from Badarpur to Ashram, police said.

Commuters at Andrew Ganj, Lodhi flyover, Lala Lajpat Rai Marg, Mahipalpur, Hari Nagar, IIT crossing to Adhchini, Yusuf Sarai Market, Munirika flyover, Badarpur border, Wazirpur industrial area, Ashok Vihar suffered due to pothholes and waterlogging.

The heavy showers since August 20 had brought down the city’s monsoon deficit to less than 20 per cent from 43 per cent earlier this month.

This month, the city has got 328.mm of rains, the second highest for August in the past 12 years. It received had 455.1 mm showers in August 2010.

The city has received 478.4 mm of rains during this monsoon, which had an onset on July 6. The record rain for the month was in 1961 when the city received 583.3 mm of showers in August.

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