More than two hours of rain on Sunday morning caused heavy water-logging and a flood-like situation on multiple stretches and areas in Gurugram.
Rainwater entered the house in Palam Vihar, Sheetla Colony, Surat Nagar, Sector-14, Chakkarpur, Rajiv Nagar, Sanjay Gram and several other locations.
Multiple city roads including state highways and the Delhi-Jaipur were submerged in an average of 3-4 feet of water. The worst-hit areas are the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (NH-48) service lane near Hero Honda Chowk, IffCO Chowk, Jharsa Chowk, Sector-31, Narsinghpur, Sohna Road, Basai Chowk, Sohna Chowk, Sector 4-7-9, Hanuman Chowk, Atlas Chowk, Artemis Road, Kanhai Chowk, Golf Course Road, Vatika Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Baghtawar Chowk, Atul Kataria Chowk, Kapashera border, Udyog Vihar, Jocbpura, Sadar Bazar, Mahavir Chowk, Dundahera near Medanta underpass and Jawala Mill.
Apart from these areas, Sheetla Mata Road, Sanjay Gram Road, Old Delhi Road, Palam Vihar Road, Kartepuri Chowk, Sector-4 Road, Udyog Vihar and Signature Tower Chowk were also badly affected by the waterlogging.
Both vehicular traffic and pedestrian movement were disrupted due to waterlogging on multiple stretches.
Despite the holiday traffic was badly affected and the police struggled to keep the vehicles moving. The policemen were seen standing in knee-deep water while struggling to keep traffic going.
People also took to Twitter to post pictures and videos of their areas.
The rainwater was not only submerged in the city’s main stretches and connecting roads but also accumulated on the internal sector road was also submerged in 3 feet of water.
The city’s bus stand and surrounding area in old Gurugram were completely submerged in rainwater.
Light rains started at around 8.00 am on Sunday, but they gained momentum by 8.30 am till 10.40 am, which turned into a heavy downpour.