1 week ago
Heavy Rains Leave Gurugram Resident Stuck Four Hours for 8km
Heavy rain caused flooding in many parts of Gurugram.
The flooding made roads very difficult to use.
One person went to pick up their child from school.
They said a trip that normally covered eight kilometres took more than four hours.
They still had two kilometres left to travel.
Other people online said they had faced similar delays.
Some blamed poor road planning and weak administration.
They also said the problem has happened repeatedly over many years.
A Gurugram resident said a four-hour journey to pick up their child covered an eight-kilometre round trip, with two kilometres still remaining.
Heavy rain brought 70–75 millimetres of rainfall to parts of Gurugram on Monday, August 24.
Severe waterlogging caused major traffic jams around Rajiv Chowk, Narsinghpur, the Sirhaul border and Subhash Chowk.
Social media users described similar delays and criticized road planning, engineering and governance in Gurugram.
Several commenters said the flooding and traffic problems have continued for years without sufficient accountability or improvement.
- Who
- A Gurugram resident and other social media users affected by the traffic.
- What
- A short school pickup journey became a four-hour trip because of rain-related flooding and traffic.
- Where
- Gurugram, including roads near Rajiv Chowk, Narsinghpur, the Sirhaul border and Subhash Chowk.
- When
- Monday, August 24; the resident reported spending four hours on the journey.
- Why
- Heavy rainfall caused severe waterlogging and slowed traffic to a crawl.
Key facts
- Reported journey
- Eight-kilometre round trip to pick up a child from school
- Time spent
- Four hours, with two kilometres still remaining
- Rainfall
- Approximately 70–75 millimetres in parts of Gurugram
- Affected locations
- Rajiv Chowk, Narsinghpur, the Sirhaul border and Subhash Chowk
- Reported transport delay
- One user said an Uber auto took an hour to book and reached Huda at 4:30 p.m.
- Public criticism
- Users blamed waterlogging, road planning, engineering and a lack of accountability
- Long-term concern
- Commenters said similar disruptions have occurred repeatedly over the past decade
Quotes
An unnamed Gurugram resident
Gurugram resident who posted about the four-hour journey during heavy rain
“I don't understand why they can't hire better engineers. People are unemployed, but they can't hire better engineers or do road planning. Like bro, rain happens everywhere, but why are Indian states like this? For what we are paying taxes.”
NDTV
“Nothing is going to change. 10 years ago in 2016, one fine day it rained cats and dogs and people were stuck for hours. The same happens in 2026, if not worse. It will continue in 2036 as well.”
NDTV
Sources
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