The monsoon this year has caused severe waterlogging in many cities across the country like Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi. Today, Gurugram (aka the Millenium City) was deluged by a continuous spell of rain. Many Twitter users shared the sorry state of affairs from some of the poshest areas in the city.
Prime real estate locations like Golf Course Road, Hero Honda Chowk, apartments in DLF Phase 5, etc were flooded highlighting issues with infrastructure and drainage systems. People also pointed out that buildings on Golf Course Road have homes for 14 crores (some go up to 27 crores).
Here are the visuals:
Gurgaon is on some other level today 🤐 pic.twitter.com/TWsyGK4Tzg
— Ajmira Shaikh (@Soberphobiccc) August 19, 2020
#Urbanfloods is serious concern now… earlier cities which are coastal use to face this… now take a look from a landlocked city… my city … scary enough!!!! #Gurugram #Gurgaon #Gurgaonflood #DelhiRains #DelhiNCR pic.twitter.com/kUB1dswi6a
— Kirti Kanwar (@KirteeKanwar) August 19, 2020
This is my house in DLF Phase 4, Gurgaon after 5 hours of continuous rain. Take care everyone #Gurgaon #heavyrain #gurgaonrain pic.twitter.com/KzoP3h9VhT
— Nikunj Saurabh (@Nikunjsaurabh2) August 19, 2020
Hey Mumbai 'no man is an island'. This is one of the most expensive real estate in India, the heart of Golf course road in Gurgaon with just 2 hours of rain we are flooded 🌧️ pic.twitter.com/UzsX0ihYPq
— K (@khushboo) August 19, 2020
Direction to reach my place: exit the highway, take the golf course canal, sail through for 3 km, tie your boat to 3rd traffic signal, swim to DLF phase 5. Welcome home 😂 #Gurugram #Gurgaon pic.twitter.com/ZV8gGaV8UK
— Aashish Chopra (@aashishc) August 19, 2020
Lake View Apartment in Gurugram was not a lie.. #NCRrains #rain #gurgaon pic.twitter.com/e6QGF6hnw9
— Ulta Jawab (@AgainUlta) August 19, 2020
Millennium City Gurugram! After a spell of heavy rain. World class infrastructure you see!👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/u9OU5AGvWB
— Prashant Kumar (@scribe_prashant) August 19, 2020
The Times of India quoted a resident saying, “The basement in our society was heavily flooded as rainwater came inside due to poor construction by the developer. We face the same issue almost every year but there hasn’t been any resolution.”
Hindustan Times reports several underpasses being flooded and traffic snarls due to waterlogging that made roads seem like rivers. Power outages were also reported in some parts of the city.
Gurgaon is not built to handle rains. pic.twitter.com/K0b8gSd5lI
— Ershad Kaleebullah #StayingAtHome (@r3dash) August 19, 2020
Belvedere Park Gurgaon under water after rains @TOIIndiaNews @DLF_India pic.twitter.com/EeE8P5qsoz
— SSC (@sschowdhu1) August 19, 2020
Now official. Golf Course Road is Marine Drive now. #Gurgaon #Rains pic.twitter.com/mmu4JF87SY
— Abhishek Dubey (@abhishekcdubey) August 19, 2020
Condition of Gurgaon's posh society where houses cost atleast a crore & maintenance is kept high for high standards!#Gurgaon #gurgaonrains #Gurugram #Haryana #esseltower #poshsociety pic.twitter.com/8Dlon6mMh8
— Anchor Lovely Mehrotra (YouTuber) (@LovelyMehrotra) August 19, 2020
Is this a river or road? 🙄 The people of #Gurgaon definitely need help. @gomechanicindia @TrafficGGM help & rescue stranded folks🙏#Urbanflooding #gurgaonrains #Gurgaonfloods #DelhiRains https://t.co/wmIlJzC1OO pic.twitter.com/euNE8kqJTX
— rahul singh (@93Rawat) August 19, 2020
This is Millennium City #Gurugram this afternoon. The DLF4 Underpass on the Golf Course road is completely submerged in water following the heavy rains. #MillenniumCity #DelhiRains #GurgaonRains pic.twitter.com/Wm8YtLan4T
— Rahul Rawat (@rawatrahul9) August 19, 2020
We hope the municipal corporation takes note of this and makes sure this doesn’t happen next year.