In wake of the weather forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Chandigarh about the rain with thunderstorms on Monday, the Gurugram deputy commissioner (DC) has issued an advisory to private institutions and corporate offices to guide their employees to work from home to avoid traffic congestion on roads.
"This will also help the civic agencies to take up dewatering and repair works expeditiously," read the advisory. Meanwhile, several pictures and videos were uploaded on Twitter early on Monday, that showed strong impact of winds and lightning. A number of trees were uprooted in Sushant Lok, Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Sector-18 Road, Golf Course Road and Sector-44 road.
According to met department "There is a possibility of light and moderate rain with thunderstorm lightning and gusts wind (40-50 kph) in Gurugram district and adjoining areas throughout the day".
The Gurugram traffic police took to Twitter and updated commuters about traffic movements. The police asked commuters to consider working from home due to waterlogging and traffic situation. However, no major traffic congestion was reported on national highway and other key junctions of the city. The traffic movement was bumper to bumper due to waterlogging which led to traffic movement slow on internal roads of city.
"We have deployed over 2,500 traffic personnel along with Crain for smooth traffic movements. We are also updating people not to step out unnecessarily," Ravinder Kumar Tomer, DCP (traffic) said. The worst affected stretches were Hanuman Chowk, Sector-18 road, Narsinghpur, Jharsa Crossing, Sarhaul mode, Sector 29, Sector-44 road, Sector 38, Sector 50, Rajeev Chowk, Mahaveer Chowk, Sheetla Mata Road, Civil Lines, Golf Course Extension Road, Vatika Chowk and Dwarka Expressway.
The police said 25 Police Control Room vehicles, 40 individual riders, 10 tow trucks, five earthmovers and over 100 police station vehicles had been sent to the rain-affected areas.