The heavy rains has once again exposed Gurugram’s reality during the monsoon season. City roads turned into rivers, vehicles crawled through waterlogged streets, and commuters were trapped in gridlocked traffic for hours.
Chaos On The Streets: Vehicles Stalled, People Stranded
The pictures and videos that surfaced on social media are telling this situation, people were seen pushing their vehicles into the water. In some areas, the situation worsened so much that water entered inside the houses.
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Like every year, this time too, about 30 lakh people faced this problem. The question still remains the same, why does Gurugram drown every year?
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Due to heavy rains, this time too, there was a 10 to 20 kilometer long traffic jam on the city’s highways and internal roads. Due to waterlogging, many vehicles stopped midway and people were stranded for hours.
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Broken Promises: Repeated Government Assurances Fail
The government assures every year that there will be no waterlogging in the monsoon this time, but the reality repeatedly exposes the truth of these promises.
In July 2016, there was such a traffic jam in Gurugram that people who left the office in the evening could not reach home till midnight. After this, the government spent a huge budget to improve the drainage and sewerage system, built underpasses and flyovers, but the result is not yet visible.
According to media report, the work of laying a 26 km long drainage line was started in 2010, the cost of which was initially fixed at Rs 294 crore and later increased to Rs 400 crore. Despite this, till date 3 km of work is incomplete.
Geographical Challenges Add To The Woes
The geographical location of Gurugram is also a big reason for its problems. Rain water flows from the Aravali hills towards the city, due to which the sewage system gets jammed. During monsoon, the amount of water increases so much that the sewage is unable to bear its weight and all the water spills on the roads.
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Experts believe that during the British era, there were many ponds, lakes, ghats and drainage channels in Gurugram, which used to absorb the mountain water. But as urbanization increased, all these systems started disappearing.
Residential colonies and societies built by ignoring the geographical position of the city are also a major reason for waterlogging. The old natural drainage system has now been replaced by concrete structures, due to which rainwater cannot drain out.
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