Heavy rainfall led to waterlogging and traffic snarls in parts of Delhi and the National Capital Region on Thursday.

Thursday was the second consecutive day of near-continuous rainfall in the region.

The Mehrauli-Badarpur road was among the worst affected by waterlogging, ANI reported. Waterlogging was also reported at Burari in the northern part of the national capital and on NH 24 near the Akshardham temple in southeastern Delhi.

Trees also fell in parts of the city.

In Ghaziabad, waterlogging was reported in the Indirapuram and Abhay Khand areas. Roads were also submerged in Noida’s Sector 75 after overnight rainfall.

Several areas in Gurugram were flooded on Wednesday after heavy rainfall.

3,000 LPG cylinders swept away

In Maharashtra’s Raigad district, about 3,000 liquefied petroleum gas cylinders were swept away because of heavy rainfall into the Patalganga river from a bottling facility of the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation in Panvel, said Collector Kishan Jawale. The cylinders were filled and empty, the official said.

The administration said that citizens should not keep or use the cylinders if they find them. The cylinders should be deposited at the Hindustan Petroleum dealers, the tehsildar office or the office of the sub-divisional officer in Pen, it added.

Three killed, 800 evacuated in Thane

Three persons were killed in rain-related incidents and 800 evacuated in the past week in Maharashtra’s Thane district, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying.

Two persons, including a teenage girl, were injured in a lightning strike on Wednesday. Both are out of danger now, the officials told PTI.

Meanwhile, search was on to find the bodies of two boys who drowned in separate incidents in a river and a nullah in Bhiwandi, the news agency quoted the officials as saying.

Torrential downpours have caused widespread disruption, prompting emergency teams to rescue and relocate 797 persons from 229 families to safer locations.

Edited by Sneha.