India, Jan. 24 -- A short spell of light rainfall on Friday morning brought key Gurugram corridors to a standstill, as waterlogged roads and traffic diversions for Republic Day arrangements in Delhi put residents through a monsoon-like scare. However, traffic police said that the situation normalised by evening.

To be sure, medium and heavy goods vehicles were banned from entering Delhi through the Gurugram borders from 5pm on Thursday to 1.30pm on Friday, in view of security arrangements. They said a similar restriction will be in place from 5pm on January 25 to 1.30pm on January 26.

Vikash Kumar, public relations officer for Gurugram traffic police, said that vehicular movement was slow on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway near Narsinghpur ...