Rains, inefficient drainage, unstoppable Kanwariyas choke Gurgaon

Heavy rains, Kanwar yatra and bad drainage mechanism brought Gurgaon to a stop. A long traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and along the inner arteries paralysed the city since Thursday evening. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on: Jul 29, 2016 8:42 PM IST

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Heavy rains, Kanwar yatra and bad drainage mechanism brought Gurgaon to a stop. A long traffic jam on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and along the inner arteries paralysed the city since Thursday evening. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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Heavy rains throughout the day caused more water to accumulate on the roads than what could drain out of the city, resultant in water logging at Gurgaon Technology Park Ltd, Info City, Sector-34 on Thursday evening. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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And then came the Kanwariyas who carry water from the River Ganga to their homes on foot. The Kanwar yatra further slowed the traffic adding up to the menace in Gurgaon. (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo )

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What Gurgaon saw next was chaos all over.. which stretched over kilometers and lasted for hours together. People were stranded for seven to eight hours on the roads, water logged Gurgaon roads. (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo )

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Around 400 streetlights in “The Millennium City” were out on Thursday as the concerned contractors were on strike . (Abhinav Saha/HT Photo )

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The situation was particularly bad at Hero Honda chowk, where Badshahpur nullah caused a deluge. Office-goers who reach their homes by 7pm could only knock at their doors by midnight, many even past that. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

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On Friday morning, the condition was worse. The water was above the tailpipe of most cars, almost couple of feet deep on most Gurgaon roads. (Abhinav Saha/Parveen Kumar / HT PHoto)

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Many cars failing due to waterlogged mechanisms, had to be towed with the help of cranes. This further added to the chaos.

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Not only the low lying areas but almost all major sector roads, internal roads of Gurgaon were waterlogged as there was no escape for the storm water. (Abhinav Saha/Parveen Kumar / HT PHoto)

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The Delhi-Jaipur expressway, NH-8, towards Jaipur was badly jammed from Sirhaul toll plaza up to Hero Honda chowk, which was submerged in five feet deep water. (Abhinav Saha/Parveen Kumar / HT PHoto)

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Authorities warned that if the rain continues on Friday as predicted by the Met department, Gurgaon could face even a more serious situation due to waterlogging and traffic jams. Watch out! (Abhinav Saha/Parveen Kumar / HT PHoto)