Heavy unseasonal rain brought Pune traffic to a crawl on Monday morning, with waterlogging and vehicle queues reported on Sinhagad Road, the Old Mumbai Highway and several other major routes during the peak commute. Rain that began on Sunday night intensified from around 6 am, leaving low-lying stretches under water across the city. According to India Meteorological Department data, the Shivajinagar observatory recorded 41.1 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours up to 8.30 am — the highest 24-hour November rainfall recorded in the city since 2019, and the highest 24-hour rainfall in Pune since July 8, 2026.
Source: UrbanAcres (IMD data)
The district was soaked unevenly. Indapur recorded 131 mm in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am, the highest in Pune district, while Baramati received 77.2 mm, Ambegaon 49.5 mm, Dhamdhere 39.5 mm and Shirur 39 mm. Inside the city, Hadapsar recorded 35.5 mm, Haveli 35 mm and Magarpatta 30.5 mm. The showers began around 8.30 pm on Sunday, intensified after midnight and were still continuing after 9 am on Monday, damaging goods at temporary Diwali stalls in places and leaving several traffic signals out of action.
Source: UrbanAcres (IMD data)
Commuters on the Sinhagad Road corridor faced the worst delays, with major congestion around the flyover and queues near Dattawadi and beyond Rajaram Bridge — a journey that normally takes about two minutes was reported to be taking nearly 20 minutes. Traffic was also hit on the Old Mumbai Highway near Dapodi Bridge, on Ganeshkhind Road and on the Hadapsar-Swargate route, and waterlogging was reported at Lonkar Chowk in Mundhwa and at Bhairobanala near AFMC, while the service road in Bavdhan came to a complete halt.
Source: GPlus India News / Pune Traffic Police
In Pimpri-Chinchwad, several bridges and underpasses went under water, including the Moraya Gosavi Bridge, stretches near Aditya Birla Hospital in Chinchwad, the Indrayani bridges, and bridges at Alandi and Dabhadhe Sarkar. The underpasses at Tathawade, Vallabhnagar and Sai Chowk were submerged, roads around MM Chowk towards Chinchwad, Rahatani Bridge, River View bridge and parts of Chikhali and Hinjewadi were out of bounds, and traffic was diverted at Central Chowk in Dehu Road, according to the Pune Traffic Police. The IMD has forecast mainly clear skies turning partly cloudy with very light to light rain likely, and the rain was expected to weaken from Tuesday.