Just two hours of rain on Tuesday caused heavy waterlogging and a flood-like situation on multiple stretches and areas in Gurugram, which led to traffic jams at several places. As the rain submerged various parts of Gurugram, people at places were seen struggling with their vehicles to move on waterlogged roads.
According to the district administration, the Gurugram district recorded 230 mm of rainfall till 4.30 pm on Tuesday. The residents were seen helpless and multiple stretches across Gurugram turned into a river.
Vehicle movements on several stretches were moving bumper to bumper. The resident took to social media to describe their anger and held responsible the local authority due for this huge mess.
They share their experiences and posted photos of waterlogging and traffic jams. Gurugram court complex was also submerged in the water logging advocates were seen leaving the court premises knee-deep water. Meanwhile, Once again infamous Narsinghpur Chowk on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway witnessed heavy water logging. Here at the Narsinghpur Chowk vehicles piled up in queues for almost 1 kilometre and the motorists blamed the local authority for waterlogging. However, officials claimed that efforts are on to clear waterlogging.
"Vehicle flow is smooth in larger parts of Gurugram so far though there is vehicle slowdown reported at some locations. Our traffic personnel has been directed to put all efforts into smooth traffic movements. There is no jam-stuck of vehicles reported so far," said a senior traffic police officer said. Apart from this, certain pockets received heavy rainfall and waterlogging was reported on a few sites such as Mayfield Garden, near the court complex, Artemis Road, Sheetla Mata Road, one side carriageway of Hanuman Chowk, Narsinghpur and Hongkong Bazaar on SPR stretch.
"Teams have been deployed for clearing of water chutes and road Gullies at all locations. Pumps have been activated at Sheetla Mata Road, Rajiv Chowk and Narsinghpur to address the waterlogging," a GMDA said. The rain started at around 3.20 pm on Tuesday and it turned into a heavy downpour till 5.00 pm. Traffic movement on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway highway was 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, Ram Chok (Udyog Vihar), Narsinghpur (NH-48), Haldiram towards Manesar, Basai Road, Nathupur, Z Chowk near Huda City Centre Metro Station, Bilaspur Chowk, Dronacharya Metro Station, Iffck Metro Station, Galleria Market Road, Good Earth Mall, Mayfield Garden Chowk, Sector-12 Chowk, Mini Secretariat, Sector-21/22 T-point, Medicity T-point and Sheetla Mata Road. Office-goers in the city, too, faced a lot of inconvenience due to traffic disruptions.