The administration urged all corporate offices, private institutions and all government offices and schools to work from home on August 25 until further notice. Heavy rain lashed several parts of the Gurugram, once again triggering widespread waterlogging, inundating roads and exposing the city’s chronic drainage problems.
“Our teams are working to manage traffic effectively. Required deployment has been done on ground. “The drains constructed by the authority took the water as per their design parameters but the water was too much. The water gradually cleared at Narsinghpur, Subash Chowk and Sheetla Mata Road as well in four to five hours.
Gurugram tehsil recorded 75 mm of rainfall between 8am and 3pm, while the India Meteorological Department’s Gurugram North Cap University station logged 38 mm of rain from 8.30am to 5.30pm on Monday, according to the district administration. Waterlogging was reported at several key junctions and arterial roads with traffic particularly affected around Rajiv Chowk, Narsinghpur, IFFCO Chowk, Sirhaul border, NH-48, Sohna Road, Sheetla Mata Road and parts of Old Gurugram. Gurugram recorded a minimum temperature of 27°C and a maximum temperature of 32°C.
The newly constructed drain at Tau Devi Lal stadium also helped but the system will get affected due to such intense rainfall.
During the continuous heavy rainfall in Gurugram, Gurugram Traffic Police monitored waterlogged areas and major roads with the help of drones,” said Gurugram Traffic Police spokesperson Vikas Verma. In response, GMDA executive engineer Vikram Kalkal said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has not issued any weather warnings for the coming week, according to its latest media bulletin.
