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Gurgaon luxury turns into flooding nightmare: Posh apartments reel under waterlogging, power outage

An Instagram user claimed the torrential rains caused severe waterlogging in an apartment complex where flats are rented for ₹70,000 per month.

Published on: Jul 11, 2025, 10:21:18 IST
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A video of a waterlogged apartment complex in Gurgaon after heavy rainfall has sparked a discussion on social media about the city's poor infrastructure and drainage system.

Screengrab from a video that shows a waterlogged posh apartment complex in Gurgaon. (Screengrab (Instagram))
Screengrab from a video that shows a waterlogged posh apartment complex in Gurgaon. (Screengrab (Instagram))

“Supposedly Gurgaon’s most posh residential area,” an individual claimed. The person added that the apartment is located tight across the road from other renowned apartment complexes in the area. HT.com cannot independently verify the claim.

Also Read: ‘Height of nuisance in India’: Delhi man slams Gurgaon's waterlogging, says China handles rain better

The person claimed that the rain left water seeping into homes and power outage for over five hours.

In a now-deleted video the individual captured waterlogging all around an apartment complex.

What did social media say?

A third posted, “Leaving Delhi-NCR forever 10 years back was the best decision of my life.” A fourth wrote, “This is so pathetic.”

Also Read: ‘Roads worse than Uganda’: In posh Gurgaon sector, sky-high plot rates meet crumbling streets

In a separate video, a woman in Gurgaon showed how her house was flooded after four hours of continuous rainfall. She claimed that she saw her car submerged when she came home from work. However, nothing could have prepared her for what happened to her home.

She entered to find her furniture submerged in water, with different items floating around.

 
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Trisha Sengupta

Trisha Sengupta is a Chief Content Producer at Hindustan Times with over six years of digital newsroom experience. Specialising in high-engagement storytelling, she blends viral trends with traditional journalism to cover the intersection of technology, finance, and human emotion. Her reporting spans real estate and personal finance struggles in hubs like Bengaluru and Gurgaon, the NRI experience, and corporate shifts like tech layoffs. Trisha also frequently tracks global figures and writes human interest stories. Offline, Trisha is an avid reader, history enthusiast and solo traveler. She balances her journalism career with family life while actively integrating AI tools into her modern storytelling approach.

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