The Delhi Traffic Police has identified 26 locations where waterlogging lasted for more than an hour following the downpour on August 24 and directed agencies to act on these points urgently to prevent such flooding in the future.
In some parts of south Delhi, the water took up to five hours to recede, the report said.
In the second week of July, PWD minister Parvesh Verma had said more than 95% of drains across the city had been desilted. However, the latest traffic police report dated August 25, sent to all civic agencies, lists several recurring waterlogging points, including major roads in south, central and west Delhi. The report on these 26 locations was shared with Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu during a meeting on Tuesday, according to a senior police officer.
Because of waterlogging, the traffic police report, seen by HT, said traffic movement was adversely affected at 26 locations.
Importantly, it noted that some of these locations had experienced “waterlogging in 2024, 2025 or the current year”. The traffic police has asked the New Delhi Municipal Council, Municipal Corporation of Delhi , Public Works Department, Delhi Development Authority and National Highways Authority of India to immediately “undertake necessary works to prevent further waterlogging”. “All representatives of the departments were present and they have been asked to work on these points specifically,” the officer said.
