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New Delhi: People living in Delhi and parts of north India woke up to a chaotic morning on Wednesday as heavy rains caused waterlogging and massive traffic jams in several areas.

Traffic helpline officials told IANS that they were flooded with calls of traffic jams and waterlogging across the national capital.

"Reports of heavy traffic congestion and vehicles being stuck on roads are coming from different parts of the city since morning. We have till now received more than 100 calls of traffic jams and waterlogging," an official of the traffic helpline said.  

At many schools, the attendance also dipped to 40-50 percent. Early morning flights were delayed briefly.

Heavy rains were also reported in Hyderabad.

Kerry's travel plans hit

US secretary of state John Kerry's proposed visit to three religious sites in the city was canceled on Wednesday as heavy rains lashed the national capital since morning.

Kerry was scheduled to visit the Gauri Shankar temple, Jama Masjid and Gurdwara Sisganj Sahib in the old Delhi area around 11.00 am on Tuesday.

"The visit had to be canceled due to heavy rains in Delhi," sources in the US Embassy said.

Kerry, who is on a three-day-visit to India, was supposed to visit the sites on Tuesday itself but it was postponed.

The US leader has had a difficult time with the city's traffic since he landed on Monday night.

His convoy was stuck on Satya Marg in Lutyens Delhi for an hour on Monday by a "spillover effect" owing to waterlogging in the main carriageways.