Srinagar, Sept. 2 -- MET predicts intense showers accompanied by thunderstorms over many parts of Srinagar, Ganderbal and Budgam

Srinagar: A few hours of heavy showers on Monday evening, and Srinagar's Residency Road, Dal Gate, Lal Chowk, turned into cesspools, exposing the much-taunted Smart City Project as the poor drainage system again exposed the fragility of Srinagar city.

The downpour, which was already predicted by the weather authorities, submerged large portions of the road, causing severe inconvenience to commuters and shopkeepers.

Videos and pictures being circulated from Dal Gate and other areas of Srinagar, following the rainfall, showed vehicles wading through knee-deep water with pedestrians forced to walk along inundate...