KATHMANDU: Several districts including Kathmandu recorded heavy rainfall on Thursday.

The Department of Hydrology and Meteorology informed that Nagarjun area of Kathmandu witnessed 46.2-mm rainfall.

Across the country, Dodhara-Chandani of Kanchanpur had the highest rainfall with 175-mm in the last 24 hours, while Kapilvastu received 118-mm.

Several places in the Kathmandu Valley had heavy rains- 42.8-mm at Sundarjijal, 35-mm each at Kapan and Babarmahal and 15-mm at Budhanilakantha. The Kathmandu streets were waterlogged following the rainfall, causing huge inconvenience to the vehicles and commuters alike.

Traffic police had to be mobilized to ease vehicular movement disrupted by the inundated roads with heavy rains, according to central spokesperson of the Nepal Police, Avi Narayan Kafle. It was however a moderate rainfall in Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts, according to information officer at the Department, Dinkar Kayastha.