Gurugram remains waterlogged, residents asked to stay indoors

Due to heavy rains for two days in a row, the drainage system was inundated in many parts of the city, causing reverse discharge of water

August 20, 2020 12:08 pm | Updated 12:28 pm IST - GURUGRAM:

Vehicles plying on the flooded Sohna Road in Gurugram on Thursday morning.

Vehicles plying on the flooded Sohna Road in Gurugram on Thursday morning.

Almost 24 hours after rains wreaked havoc on the Millennium City causing a flood-like situation, many parts of the city continued to remain waterlogged on Thursday due to incessant downpour overnight. It rained another 60 mm through the night, as per an official update.

The flyover on Raghvendra Marg in the DLF area, that had submerged due to incessant rainfall on Wednesday, could not be cleared due to continued rain. A DLF official, not willing to be named, said the efforts to pump out water were hit due to rains, but the rest of the underpasses were cleared. He expressed hope that the underpass would be cleared depending upon the situation of the rain.

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The Chandigarh Met Department, meanwhile, has made a forecast for moderate rain and thundershowers with lightning in several parts of Haryana including, Gurugram, Fariadabad, Nuh and Palwal on Thursday till noon.

The Gurugram traffic police on Thursday made an appeal to the residents to stay inside in view of continued rains. It posted a series of tweets about waterlogging on National Highway-48 near Narsinghpur village, Modern Bazar near Mayfield and South City-II on Sohna Road. Besides, the Signature Tower Chowk and parts of the Daultabad village behind Rajendra Park were also flooded.

Due to heavy rains for two days in a row, the drainage system was inundated in many parts of the city, causing reverse discharge of water. So, many areas continued to remain inundated.

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The residents welfare association members shared photographs and details of waterlogging and other rain-related incidents on the Whatsapp groups of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram seeking the attention of the administration. While one such message sought help to drain out water from the basement of a building in Sector 28, another informed about the wall collapse and waterlogging in the Emerald Hills society.

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