On Wednesday, residents of Delhi-NCR woke up to surprisingly pleasant weather, cloudy skies and heavy rainfall in a few areas. Monsoon has wreaked havoc in the city of Mumbai, and today heavy rains lashed several parts of the national capital region with Gurugram bearing the brunt of it. The heavy downpour resulted in submerging of low-lying areas in knee-deep water and affecting traffic on a few usually-busy roads.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an alert at 10:05 am for heavy rains in the capital. According to IMD, thunderstorms and moderate to heavy rainfall are likely to continue in Delhi and the adjoining areas including Gurugram, Noida and Faridabad. Well, those working from home (count me in) were happy about the dip in temperature rains brought. However, continuous rain turned many parts of Gurugram into mini water bodies causing a huge inconvenience to people.
From flooded houses to underpasses, Twitter is full of apocalypse-like scenes from many parts of Gurugram.
Water Clogged Streets & Overflowing Underpasses!
Some of the key roads including the Golf Course Road and Hero Honda Chowk in the millennium city are submerged in water.
Hello Gurugram, nice rivers – why don't you ever change! Stay safe, people! pic.twitter.com/AJKDjpPuT7
— Nidhi Arora (@Nidhi_speaks) August 19, 2020
Floods in #Gurgaon#North India due to heavy rainfall.
Areas which usually receive scanty rainfall are witnessing floods.
Strange but the new normal.#ClimateChange#GurgaonRain@Fridays4future @GretaThunberg @parents4future pic.twitter.com/9qZFsgiRvQ— Tanmay V.S🌈🌴 (@tanmay_shinde99) August 19, 2020
The world class Golf Course Road of #Gurugram in few hours of rain.
Just imagine what is going to happen if it rains for whole day!
The result of unplanned, unsustainable planning and development.@cmohry @mlkhattar @Dchautala @MunCorpGurugram @DC_Gurugram @gurgaonpolice pic.twitter.com/83j1ASGl8r
— Sarika Panda Bhatt (@SarikaPanda) August 19, 2020
Underpasses and the service lanes near the National Highway have been affected too.
It's water all around in the Millennium City after heavy rain on Wednesday. Underpasses, National Highway service lanes, group housing societies and city roads are all flooded @the_hindu @abaruah64 @DC_Gurugram @cmohry @nhai @PdGurgaon_NHAI pic.twitter.com/Jg0hp9Usgo
— Ashok Berwal (@berwaltweets) August 19, 2020
Heavy rain disrupted traffic in Gurgaon this morning, with rainwater flooding most of the underpasses in the city as well as several stretches of roads. Around 3000 police personnel were deployed to manage the situation. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/J35otkyguX
— Sakshi Dayal (@sakshi_dayal) August 19, 2020
3/3#Gurgaon #DelhiRains #gurugram #Haryana #flooding #golfcourseroad pic.twitter.com/HBSoFBCO2J
— Sidharth Shukla (@sidhshuk) August 19, 2020
Houses Were Flooded This Morning!
Let alone roads, Gurugram residents share videos of flooded houses and they are horrifying.
This is my house in DLF Phase 4, Gurgaon after 5 hours of continuous rain. Take care everyone #Gurgaon #heavyrain #gurgaonrain pic.twitter.com/KzoP3h9VhT
— Nikunj Saurabh (@Nikunjsaurabh2) August 19, 2020
My home in Gurgaon under 10 inches of water everything floating including sewage. This is an annual celebration now. Direct result of demolition of check dams during the year. @MunCorpGurugram @CPCB_OFFICIAL @DC_Gurugram @sonalgoelias @mlkhattar #Flood pic.twitter.com/t7V4S1a2vR
— Sameer Kochhar (@SkochSameer) August 19, 2020
Several Questioned The Authorities!
The rainwater gushing on arterial roads with cars submerging is reminiscent of August last year. In 2019, motorists were stranded for hours as heavy showers had flooded the roads connecting Delhi and Gurugram. Civic authories were lambasted for their lack of preparations for the monsoon. Several netizens questioned the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram and Gurugram police about the same. Here’s what they wrote on the microblogging site –
The world class Golf Course Road of #Gurugram in few hours of rain.
Just imagine what is going to happen if it rains for whole day!
The result of unplanned, unsustainable planning and development.@cmohry @mlkhattar @Dchautala @MunCorpGurugram @DC_Gurugram @gurgaonpolice pic.twitter.com/83j1ASGl8r
— Sarika Panda Bhatt (@SarikaPanda) August 19, 2020
The Govt department expected to maintain drain systems have not done their job and unfortunately the @GurgaonTraffic has to go through stress. Can we Ensure that those responsible for drain system are on the roads along with traffic cops ? #gurgaonrains #gurgaon https://t.co/nnhCZoLz0s
— Nilesh Pandit (@scorpiontwit) August 19, 2020
This is the condition of so called (International) Millennial city after couple hours of rain. Wonder how taxpayers’ money is being put to use🤔
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.@Dist_Admin_Ggm @cmohry @HTGurgaon @DC_Gurugram @MunCorpGurugram @AmitShah @PMOIndia #Gurgaon pic.twitter.com/IrqfbilKg6— Latika Sharma (@sharmaa_latika) August 19, 2020
We have been seeing these disturbing scenes from the city since morning, here’s hoping that everyone is safe.
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