‘2 hours of rain=20 kms of Gurgaon Jam’: Yet another monsoon tale on a day of over 100 mm rain
While an office goer said it took them over two hours to cover a 15-minute distance, Congress's Randeep Singh Surjewala and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi slammed the government over the Gurgaon chaos.
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The National Highway jams, though, invited criticism from various quarters after its video went viral online. (Source: @priyankac19)A massive jam on Monday on National Highway 48, also known as the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway, in Gurgaon, amid incessant rain, drew criticism from various quarters after a video of hundreds of vehicles stuck on the road went viral online.
The district experienced over 100 mm of rain in some areas between 3 pm and 7 pm, with Wazirabad tehsil in Gurgaon recording 116 mm between 8 am and 6 pm, resulting in widespread waterlogging.
To mitigate the situation, Vikas Arora, Police Commissioner, Gurgaon, and Ajay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, along with Rajesh Mohan, DCP (Traffic), were deputed on the highway to alleviate the traffic situation. Other DCPs were also deputed to supervise traffic regulation in other stretches.
Randeep Singh Surjewala, a Congress MP and General Secretary, alleged the failure of a “triple engine model” government.
“2 hours of rain = 20 KMs of Gurgaon Jam! As CM Nayab Saini only flies in “State Helicopter” and doesn’t travel on “road”, this is a “helicopter shot” of Highway in Gurgaon just now. So much for the rain preparedness and crores and crores of public money spent on drainage, sewage & easing traffic congestion. This is BJP’s “triple engine model” of Millenium City Urban development – Central Govt-State Govt-Gurgaon Municipal Corporation.”
Priyanka Chaturvedi, a Rajya Sabha MP from Shiv Sena (UBT) and a vocal Opposition leader, stated: “Millennium city Gurugram. A double engine sarkar with a double the failure track record.”
Suhel Seth, a marketing consultant, said, “Looks like Disneyland is already here. It’s a Mickey Mouse Government.”
Major General (Dr) Yash Mor, a retired Indian Army veteran and life coach based in the city, wrote: “Gurgaon has been totally chocked. Heavy rains since today afternoon. People are stuck on the roads for hours, almost all important arterial roads are jammed. It’s taking hours to travel just a couple of kms.”
Meanwhile, another bout of heavy rain began at 11.40 pm in the city.
“What is usually a 15–20 minute drive from DLF Phase 5 to my home in sector 31 took me two and a half hours today. Amid the chaos, with ambulances stuck and traffic lights being ignored, what struck me was how ordinary people stepped up to manage traffic and bring some order,” said communications consultant Ishan Mohan, 28.
A PR professional, Ashna Malpe, 27, shared how her first day on the job in a new city was a day of chaos.
“Today was my first day in office in Gurugram after relocating from Mumbai. While the city witnessed heavy rainfall, I have experienced more intense downpours in Mumbai. What stood out, however, was the extent of disruption — with knee-deep water on the roads causing severe traffic chaos. At one point, it felt as though I was in a boat rather than a car,” said Malpe.
Earlier in the day, the Gurugram Municipal Corporation and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GDMA) posted on social media, saying deploying a workforce to clean drains and road gullies, as well as using suction pumps in key stretches, were among the steps taken to tackle the situation.
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