The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) are working on a long-term solution to the city’s recurring waterlogging, with technical experts from IIT Gandhinagar on Wednesday assessing key waterlogging-prone locations and exploring underground rainwater storage and groundwater recharge systems, officials said.
Officials are assessing storage and injection-well capacities based on waterlogging levels and rainfall patterns at individual locations. The system is also proposed to incorporate Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) technology and be linked with the Central Ground Water Board for real-time monitoring of water levels and better assessment and management. MCG additional municipal commissioner Yash Jaluka, Ward 29 councillor Kuldeep Yadav and GMDA executive engineer Amit Godara briefed the team on local conditions and challenges, they added.
IIT Gandhinagar professors Vivek Kapadia and Udit Bhatia inspected Subhash Chowk and Rajiv Chowk with MCG and GMDA officials to assess existing drainage arrangements and identify measures to manage excess rainwater during heavy rainfall, officials aware of the development said.
