The hours-long spell of rainfall on Sunday night time persevering with until Monday morning led to waterlogging in low-lying areas, inflicting main inconvenience to residents already battling with sluggish tempo of site visitors in varied elements of the town.

Traffic got here to a standstill on necessary metropolis roads together with Ferozepur highway, Pakhowal highway, National Highway(NH-44), Chandigarh highway and Gill highway.

Normal life was thrown out of drugs because the rains added to the congestion on the under-construction Bhai Bala intersection, Bharat Nagar Chowk, Sherpur chowk, and Dholewal flyover.

With one other transient spell of rain on Monday afternoon, the roads had been jam-packed as a result of faculty buses, including to the already congested roads.

A large jam was witnessed on the Dholewal flyover in the course of the morning hours as a result of ongoing work to exchange the enlargement joints. The rain

additionally had an impression on vehicular motion within the internal elements of the town as water gathered on the roads as a result of clogged drainage techniques

and potholes.

The rain additionally left a muddy layer on the roads which irked public transport customers and motorists alike.

Priyam Kumar, who works at a non-public financial institution mentioned that he travels from Samrala to his workplace on Mallroad by bus.

“The condition of the Bharat Nagar chowk is a regular nuisance for people who use public transport,” he mentioned, including that because the water will get gathered across the intersection, there isn’t a place for individuals who use buses and auto rickshaws to face.

He mentioned the town ranks poorly on the subject of creating infrastructure to assist commuters from neighboring cities who use public transport.

Several areas, together with Feroze Gandhi Market, BRS Nagar, and clock tower highway additionally witnessed jams with autos getting caught for lengthy durations.

Daljit Kaur, a resident of Sarabha Nagar, mentioned that the site visitors motion within the metropolis has grow to be so dangerous that it takes virtually an hour to journey just a few kilometers inside the metropolis. She mentioned that it took her over half an hour to only cross by way of the Feroze Gandhi market.

Puddles of rainwater on the potholed portion of the Ferozepur highway hampered the site visitors motion for the entire day.

Ranjit Singh, an outlet proprietor, mentioned that earlier than the rain, the plumes of development residue would harass the commuters, however now it has been changed by mud and slush.

Assistant commissioner of police (ACP, site visitors 2) Charanjiv Lamba mentioned that as extra four-wheelers had been on the roads as a result of rainfall, jams

had been reported from a number of elements of the town, and police additionally towed away a number of autos parked within the unsuitable locations. He mentioned that persons are suggested to undertake carpooling.

The low-lying areas of the town, together with, Kailash Nagar, Upkar Nagar, Kundanpuri, and Chander Nagar had been left with slush and water-filled potholes.

Balwinder Singh, a resident of Chander Nagar, mentioned that the transient rain has introduced forth the poor situation of the rainwater drainage system. He mentioned that because the highway alongside the Budhha Nullah is below development, the rainwater has aggravated their woes.

According to the meteorological division, the Ludhiana district has acquired a complete of 14 mm of rainfall within the final 24 hours and a 32 mm of rainfall acquired in every week in opposition to the typical rainfall of 28.3 mm required in a month.

Dr Pavneet Kaur Kingra, head division of local weather change and agricultural meteorology Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), mentioned that there will probably be some aid from rain as showers should not anticipated within the early days of February.

While the utmost temperature remained at 19.6 levels Celsius, the minimal was recorded at 13.0 levels Celsius. Dr Kingra mentioned that there was a 7.1 diploma rise within the minimal temperature, whereas an increase of 4.1 levels was witnessed within the most temperature.