new delhi if monday was bad tuesday was no better specially for those travelling on south delhi roads delhiites got no respite from waterlogging woes as key roads were submerged after heavy rain lashed the city waterlogging complaints poured in from the defence colony flyover lala lajpat rai marg yusuf sarai market hauz khas market and aurobindo marg near adchini said officials we faced difficulties on stretches like mb road outer ring road and ring road the mehraulimahipalpur stretch proved to be nightmare for commuters not just because of waterlogging but also because a dtc bus had broken down as a result a large number of vehicles had no choice but to take uturns causing snarls in the area said joint commissioner of police traffic satyendra garg for a long time commuters near savitri cinema couldnt take right turns from outer ring road towards cr park and gk2 compounding the traffic chaos on the road vehicles had to wade through kneedeep water on poorvi marg and paschimi marg near outer ring road resulting in traffic movement only on a single lane along these stretches waterlogging complaints also came in from mb road near ignou and on the stretch from khanpur to saket while traffic police sent alerts to commuters to avoid these roads providing alternate routes delhiites were left with hardly any options due to the evening traffic rush once again the municipal corporations blamed the public works department pwd for the mess if delhi is facing a perennial waterlogging problem the corporation cannot be held responsible all arterial roads belong to pwd said savita gupta south delhi mayor pwd director works deepak panwar did not respond to queries regarding waterlogging regarding reports of flooding on internal colony roads corporation officials reasoned that saucershaped areas are more prone to the menace we deploy machines to pump out water as per the requirement wherever necessary extra pumping machine operators are stationed said an official meanwhile water on roads was not the only problem on tuesday residents of south extension complained of water flowing back into their homes last year also we were faced with the same situation neither pwd nor the corporations are efficient they are just siphoning off public money in the name of desilting when the roads were with the erstwhile mcd officials promised to deploy extra machines to pump out water however it remained a hollow promise pwd is no different said manjeet singh joint secretary south extension parti rwa residents in other areas like rajouri garden laxmi nagar and model town also faced the same problem municipal corporations received 29 waterlogging complaints 25 from south delhi and reports of 17 fallen trees on tuesday waterlogging was also reported in areas like green park saket and azad market