AGARTALA, Sep 13 (TIWN): With few splash of rain, the so called developed Agartala city turned into a swimming pools as the rain water was blocked in several places and inundated all over the Agartala city. This has exposed the reality behind much hyped SMART City.

Normal life in the states capital came to a halt on Sunday as torrential rains wreaked havoc in the city and its suburbs leading to cancellation of traffic movement services that left thousands of commuters stranded.

The commuters claimed the downstream waterway of the drain has been completely blocked that has resulted in accumulation of water and flooding on the upstream side. The water has started coming onto the road and there is a threat of the road being blocked as this is a very high traffic corridor between Melarmath to Kaman Chowmuhani, Orient Chowmuhani and many more areas. 

Major snarls were reported from the Paradise Chowmuhani to Post office Chowmuhani road as the dug up roads added to the woes of the commuters. Residents have reported that some of the roads were completely choked as several vehicles broke down on the flooded roads. The Auto rickshaws were seen adopting other route to reach to the destinations as travelling through the water-clogged road would be problematic. In some places the auto drivers have asked many passengers to get down from the auto as the drivers will not travel through such massive water logged in the city.