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A woman in Gurgaon has shared a heartbreaking video online after her home was flooded due to the relentless rain that battered the city for nearly four hours. The video shows the inside of her house, where furniture and belongings can be seen floating in murky water.
Sanchi Arora, who lives near Golf Course Road, an area lined with luxury residences, posted an emotional note with the video. “What happened last night has left me completely shattered,” she wrote. “I live near Golf Course Road – the area known for its upscale high-rises, where homes are sold for Rs 100 crore. But even here, this is the harsh reality of Gurugram.”
She also wrote, “When I returned from work, I found my car half-submerged in water. But what truly broke me was what I found inside my home… Everything that was on the floor – furniture, belongings — was floating, soaked, and destroyed. I have no words left. Just pain. Just disbelief. This is not just water damage. It’s emotional damage. And it’s real.”
The video quickly went viral, drawing sympathy and frustration from social media users who slammed the state of Gurgaon‘s drainage and urban planning. One user said, “If anyone has Rs 10 crore or above, they should go to a foreign nation. Pay taxes and live a life with dignity, security, infrastructure. India has no direction, paper plans, social divide, and huge corruption. Every politician is same.”
Another comment pointed fingers at unregulated real estate development: “This is what happens when you are desperate to develop real estate and mint money by selling plots and farm lands but don’t care about city planning and basic human needs.”
A third person wrote, “This is very sad the city which is genrating billions of dollars is having such conditions.” A fourth individual, “Gurgaon is just a hype, if people understand that and stop living there maybe it will take couple of years then government will do something. Else they keep earning taxes and on registration charges. It’s not easy but yes that’s the power that people can use to ensure that basic facilities are available.”
Wednesday night’s downpour threw the city into chaos, with key routes like Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Sohna Road, Golf Course Extension Road, and Sheetla Mata Road turning into waterlogged traps for commuters, some stuck for over five hours.
