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'Summon officials': Rao Inderjit meets CM, seeks accountability over Gurgaon waterlogging

Chandigarh: Union minister of state and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Wednesday met Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and sought accountability from officials over recurring waterlogging and garbage accumulation in Gurgaon, questioning why their pre-monsoon assurances had failed.

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Rs 3 crore homes, garbage-lined roads: Gurgaon hit by 21-day sanitation strike

Over 14,000 contractual sanitation and fire workers have been on strike for 21 days. Residents demand that sanitation management be handed directly to them.

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Cave-in at IFFCO Chowk opens 10-ft wide sinkhole after two days of rain

Gurgaon: A portion of the service road of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway at IFFCO Chowk caved in on Tuesday, opening a 10-foot-wide sinkhole and disrupting traffic towards the U-turn flyover. Teams from GMDA and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) reached the site soon after the incident was...

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Service road near Gurgaon’s IFFCO Chowk caves in, traffic averted to prevent potential accident

Day after city crippled by waterlogging after heavy rains, police cordon off affected stretch

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Haryana’s golden goose now swims to work: Gurugram drowns despite Rs 1,400-crore drainage spend - The Statesman

Gurugram’s flooded roads, stranded school buses and hours-long traffic jams have triggered anger over drainage spending and repeated monsoon failures.

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Gurugram’s rain woes: IFFCO Chowk road caves in, dry taps, flood water recedes slowly

The road subsidence came a day after heavy rainfall triggered widespread waterlogging and traffic congestion across the city. | India News

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Gurugram Rain Crisis: Encroachments & Clogging in Badshapur Drain Cause Severe Waterlogging

An India Today ground report highlights the severe waterlogging and traffic chaos plaguing Gurugram during monsoon rains due to the complete clogging of the Badshapur drain. The 28-kilometre-long drain, which is the primary drainage system of Gurugram, has nearly 18 kilometres severely impacted...

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Gurugram's Badshahpur drain: Epitome of glaring civic apathy behind waterlogging

The India Today team visited three locations along the Badshahpur Drain to assess the condition of the drainage system and understand why large parts of Gurugram struggle with severe waterlogging whenever it rains heavily.

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Gurgaon orders school buses to skip flooded routes. Netizens ask 'why not fix roads?'

GURGAON: The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued strict monsoon safety directives for school buses, ordering schools to avoid waterlogged routes and ensure standby buses are available to rescue students stranded due to flooding or vehicle breakdowns.

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Frustrated commuters dub Gurugram flooded ‘gaon’

Flooded roads, stranded school buses and crumbling infrastructure left Gurugrammers stuck for hours, with residents taking to social media to share their ordeal

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‘No flooding’ claim washed away, minister meets CM, seeks accountability

Gurgaon: Union minister and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh has urged chief minister Nayab Singh Saini to hold officials accountable for repeatedly assuring him that the city would not face flooding this year.

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Gurgaon’s flooding problems rooted in Congress-era mistakes of destroying natural pathways: Inderjit

Gurgaon: BJP and Congress on Wednesday traded charges on who is to blame for the city’s chronic waterlogging problem, two days after many children had a harrowing time after their schoolbuses got stranded in heavy inundation after rain at Subhash Chowk and parents faced a harrowing time getting...

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Gurugram ambulances take twice as long as they should, doctors and drivers say

Despite a 10-minute response benchmark, Gurugram lacks consolidated public data on ambulance response times and emergency transit performance.

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IIT professors inspect Gurugram waterlogging hotspots, explore long-term fixes

IIT Gandhinagar professors joined MCG and GMDA officials to inspect Gurugram's worst waterlogging hotspots. The exercise feeds a long-term plan centred on source storage, groundwater recharge and faster drainage.

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Gurugram waterlogging can’t be fixed via piecemeal solutions: Rao Inderjit Singh

The Union minister suggested mapping natural drains and building underground tunnels along water paths to divert stormwater towards the Najafgarh drain.

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The urban design trap - Gurugram floods, bakes and chokes for the same reason

This article is authored by Sarika Panda Bhatt, co-founder and trustee, Raahgiri Foundation.

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Concrete over nature: How unsustainable development is drowning Gurugram

Gurugram is an economic powerhouse, India's second-richest district, with a per capita GDP of roughly Rs 9 lakh. It contributes 20% of Haryana's GDP, 70% of its revenue, and 65% of its income tax, the highest share of any district in the state.

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Upscale Gurgaon colony pumps out rainwater to save homes, gets FIR warning

South City II residents said overflowing master drains leave them with no option; GMDA argued that pumped discharge overwhelms roadside drains and floods thoroughfares.

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