'I have an important meeting scheduled with foreign delegates and I started an hour early for my office in Noida so that I can reach on time,' said Raj Verma, a manager with an IT company.

Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain apologised to the residents for the problems they faced due to the heavy showers. He assured that all employees of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were working to bring things back on track.

'The problem increased following the construction work of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Delhi Jal Board in various parts of the capital. I am myself looking after the clearing-up process and things will be normal in the next two-three hours,' Sain said mid-morning Tuesday.

The heavy rainfall Monday had brought the national capital to a standstill. Delhiites had to deal with waterlogging, power cuts, mayhem on the roads and water even seeped into many houses in low-lying areas of east Delhi and south Delhi.

The rainfall has brought down the minimum temperature by three notches to 23.6 degrees Celsius. The humidity rose to 100 percent Tuesday morning.