Heavy rain lashes Gurugram; traffic snarls, waterlogging and road cave-in reported

Waterlogging was reported in several residential localities, with inundated internal lanes disrupting movement

Heavy rains lashed Gurugram on Tuesday afternoon as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the city under a red alert. Showers began around 12.15pm, triggering widespread traffic snarls and waterlogging across several parts of the city.

Vehicles wade through the waterlogged stretch at NH-48 service road near sector 15 , in Gurugram. (Photo by Parveen Kumar/HT)

“Minor traffic disruptions were reported due to rain and waterlogging in several areas, but all our teams are on the ground to manage the traffic. The situation so far is under control,” assistant commissioner of police, traffic (headquarters and highways) Satpal Yadav told HT.

Traffic snarls

Slow-moving traffic was reported from several parts of Gurugram, including Sikanderpur, IFFCO Chowk, Ashoka Marg in Sushant Lok Phase 1, and the stretch from Millennium City Centre Metro Station to Bakhtawar Chowk and even at parts of National Highway (NH) 48 towards Manesar.

Major traffic snarls were also reported at the Sirhaul border, with slow-moving vehicles on both carriageways of the Delhi-Gurugram stretch and Signature Towers to Tau Devi Lal Complex via Sector 15 Part 2. Congestion was also witnessed on Old Railway Road leading towards Tau Devi Lal Complex and on MG Road towards Sadar Bazar, Sector 9 to Basai village and Sector 54-55 chowk.

Waterlogging reported in residential areas

Waterlogging was reported in several residential localities, with inundated internal lanes disrupting movement.

A portion of service road in Sector 59 caved in on Tuesday (HT) (HT Photo)

Residents in Sector 59 reported that a portion of a service road near the Revenue Road caved in following the heavy rainfall. This is the sixth instance of a road cave-in reported in Gurugram during the current monsoon season.

A junior Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) official said the matter had come to the civic body’s notice and that officials would inspect the site before commenting further.

IMD has placed Gurugram, Faridabad, Sohna, Jhajjar and Sonipat under red alert. The weather department has cautioned that heavy spells could trigger waterlogging in low-lying areas. They added that rainfall activity is expected to weaken from July 30, till then a heavy spell forecast is there for the next 24 hours.