Incessant rain continued to lash Gurugram for the third day on Saturday leading to severe waterlogging and disrupting traffic in several areas.
Owing to the downpour, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has closed all underpasses and subways for non-motorised transport (NMT), and pedestrians for public use till the rains last. A
pedestrian underpass at Rajiv Chowk had witnessed heavy water logging which is yet to be cleared. A video of a boy swimming across a heavily waterlogged road in Gurugram's Subhash Chowk after heavy rainfall inundated Delhi-NCR, has come to light. The boy can be seen taking a dip and swimming on the waterlogged road.The waterlogged road of Subhash Chowk has caused buses to stuck and commuters are finding it impossible to cross the Subhash Chowk Stretch. Subhash Chowk is one of the several areas facing waterlogging and traffic snarls after heavy rainfall in the area.
Meanwhile, the rainfall has resulted in waterlogging on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway, Manesar, Begumpur Khatola and Kherki Daula.The areas affected included Udyog Vihar, Hanuman Chowk, Sector 17/18 Road, Sector 22, Sector 23 exit, Gurugram bus stand, Sanjay Gram road, Sector 12 market, Sector 10 hospital, Sector 10 road, parts of Palam Vihar, Atul Kataria Chowk, Old-Delhi Gurugram Road, Mayfield Garden, Sushant Lok, Parts of Sector-30, Sector-42, Sector-34 and Narsingpur. As per the rainfall data shared by the district administration, the Gururgam tehsil on Saturday till 8.00 am received 54 mm rainfall, Kadipur 46 mm, Harsaru 46 mm, Wazirabad 40 mm, Badshahpur 40 mm, Sohna 111 mm, Manesar 77 mm, Pataudi 152 mm and Farrukkhnagar 98 mm of rain. The traffic police Gurugram also issued an advisory for commuters to avoid any traffic snarl on the Delhi-Jaipur expressway.