India, Sept. 16 -- The 300-metre stretch between Sun City-Anand Nagar and Fun Time Theatre on Sinhagad Road witnessed waterlogging on Monday, severely inconveniencing commuters.

Vijya Dabhade, deputy engineer of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) road department, said, "During the Sinhagad Road flyover work, one of the drainage chambers was choked with construction material. Along with the drainage department team, we located the chamber and cleared it to allow the rainwater to flow out."

Later in the day, drainage department officials found that the problem had been worsened by a leaking 700 mm water pipeline.

Narendra Chaperkar, senior engineer of the drainage department, said, "This is the first time we have seen such waterlogging...