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No new Gurgaon needed; make the existing Gurgaon actually work
Gurgaon is a big city in India with tall offices, fancy homes, and lots of companies.
Every year, when the rainy season comes, the streets fill up with water.
Cars get stuck, and people cannot reach their offices.
This has been happening for a very long time.
The city has beautiful buildings, but the drains and roads underneath do not work well.
Because of the floods, businesses lose time and money.
Gurgaon gives a lot of tax money to the government, so this problem is important.
The problem is that many different people are in charge, so no one is fully responsible.
The writer says one person should be in charge of fixing the city's roads and drains.
We don't need a new city — we need to make the one we have work properly.
A 14-year Gurgaon resident says the same flooding-and-traffic-collapse cycle repeats every monsoon without lasting change.
Heavy rain floods roads, halts traffic, and employees lose two, three, or sometimes four hours commuting to work.
Gurugram contributes around Rs 48,000 crore in income tax, 65 percent of Haryana's share, ranking ninth among Indian cities.
Gurgaon attracts almost 70 percent of Haryana's investments and provides almost 60 percent of its revenue, yet lacks proper roads and drainage.
The author urges the Haryana government to give one person clear ownership of the city's infrastructure and hold them accountable for measurable outcomes.
- Who
- Jasveer Singh, CEO of Knot Dating and a 14-year Gurgaon resident, writing about the Haryana government and Gurgaon's businesses and employees.
- What
- Recurring monsoon flooding that paralyzes roads and traffic, disrupts businesses, and exposes the city's fragile public infrastructure.
- Where
- Gurgaon (Gurugram), Haryana, India.
- When
- Every monsoon season for at least the past 14 years.
- Why
- Gurgaon lacks proper roads and drainage, and fragmented accountability across multiple authorities prevents coordinated city-level planning.
Key facts
- City
- Gurgaon (Gurugram), Haryana, India
- Income tax contribution
- Around Rs 48,000 crore to the central exchequer
- Share of Haryana's income tax
- 65 percent
- Income tax rank
- Ninth-largest contributor among Indian cities
- Share of Haryana's investments
- Almost 70 percent
- Share of Haryana's revenue
- Almost 60 percent (excise duty, sales tax, stamp duty, registration)
- Per capita income
- Third-highest in India
- Author
- Jasveer Singh, CEO, Knot Dating
Sources
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