Hoshiarpur, Aug. 21 -- Heavy rain on Wednesday left large parts of the city waterlogged, affecting traffic movements, leading to long jams on potholed roads.

Water entered houses and shops in low-lying areas in Premgarh and Krishna Nagar. Mini secretariat and other government buildings were also inundated by pools of water. While office goers faced long delays, students, who had already left for their schools, faced hardships returning home.

In Sherpur Bahtian village, 10km from the city, parents had to arrange tractor trolleys to ferry their wards home as the link road got submerged in water due to a breach in the choe (rivulet) bandh.

Torrential rain in the upper reaches caused flash floods in several streams in the district. Bhangi ...