With the Gurugram recording 100 mm of rainfall on Thursday morning, the residents were seen helpless and multiple stretches across city turned into a river. However, officials claimed that efforts are on to clear waterlogging. Power outages were also reported from different areas of the city.
A few hours of rain caused heavy water logging on multiple stretches across the district. Both vehicular traffic and pedestrian movement have been disrupted due to waterlogging on several roads. Commuters faced huge problems due to rainwater.Morning rush hour traffic was affected and the police struggled to keep the vehicles moving.
Also, 3-4 feet of water accumulated on several city roads while the rainwater was also seen in the city’s industrial area in Sector-37, Sector-34, Khandsa and Wazirabad. The rain started at around 4 am on Thursday and it turned into a heavy downpour till 9.30 am.Traffic movement on the Delhi-Jaipur-Mumbai highway was severely hit due to waterlogging.
Nearly 70 percent of the city was submerged in an average of 3 feet of water with the worst-hit areas being Signature Tower Chowk, Hanuman Chowk (Udyog Vihar), Narsinghpur (NH-48), Haldiram towards Manesar, Basai Road, Nathupur, Z Chowk near Huda City Centre Metro Station, Bilaspur Chowk, Dronacharya Metro Station, Iffco Metro Station, Galleria Market Road, Mayfield Garden Chowk, Sector-12 Chowk, Mini Secretariat, Sector-21/22 T-point, Medicity T-point, Bus Stand Road, Sanjay Gram Road, Basai Road and Sheetla Mata Road. With heavy rain lashing the city since the early hours on Thursday, several parts of the district were inundated, and water also entered several houses in Sector 7, Sector 4, Malibu Town, Anjna Colony, Saraswati Enclave, Sheetla Colony, Rajiv Colony, Ashok Vihar, Palam Vihar and Sushant Lok.
The Gurugram resident took to social media to describe their anguish and held responsible the local authority due for this huge mess. People were seen taking selfies in the water logging area. Several residents took to Twitter to share their experiences and posted photos of waterlogging and traffic jams. Office-goers in the city, too, faced a lot of inconvenience due to traffic disruptions.
“We have improved upon our city infrastructure in last three years, which kept the city running even during the heavy downpour. We will learn from our experiences and ensure that areas and junctions which experienced waterlogging, can be improved upon for the future,” a civic body official added.”I would like to say the district administration, Gurugram, stop fooling the residents of Gurugram and must start work on the ground. A few kilometres of travelling turned into hours which is ridiculous,” Ajay Chauhan, a resident of Sector-31, said.
“1,000 plus traffic personnel have been deployed at major junctions for traffic operations. We also coordinated with the civic authorities to drain out the water for smooth traffic movement,” said Virender Vij, DCP (traffic).
