India, Aug. 14 -- One person was killed and his daughter got injured after a tree fell on them near south Delhi's Nehru Place Metro station, police said.

The incident took place around 10am as heavy rainfall in the national Capital since early Thursday morning affected vehicular movement across Delhi-NCR.

The injured person has been rescued and taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention, said additional deputy commissioner of police (southeast) Aishwarya Sharma.

The heavy downpour brought traffic to a standstill in the morning peak office hours at key arterial routes such as Ring Road, Outer Ring Road, Delhi-Meerut Expressway and National Highway-9, Delhi Noida Direct (DND) flyway, the Mathura Road between Ashram Chowk and Badarp...