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Gurgaon woman says 8-km journey home took 2.5 hours after rain: ‘Going back becomes a whole battle’

A Gurgaon woman said an 8-km journey home took 2.5 hours after rain caused severe traffic jams. | Trending

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Waterlogging, traffic jam in Gurugram amid rains, Noida fares no better

Waterlogging was reported at several key junctions and arterial roads in Gurugram. Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad were also affected. | India News

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Gurugram administration takes big action for school buses amid heavy rain, waterlogging issues

The order comes amid heavy rain battering the millennium city, causing waterlogging on several roads and localities. | India News

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Gurugram sewer line breach causes road cave-in at IFFCO Chowk; traffic diverted

In December, GMDA warned the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) about a possible cave-in at the IFFCO flyover | India News

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Gurugram: Sec 37D locals protest maintenance fees hike, seek handover to RWAs

Residents of three Sector 37D condominiums protested against high maintenance fees and delays in transferring management to RWAs, alleging financial burdens and transparency issues.

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Every deluge, same Gurugram story: Flooded roads, stranded commuters

The city recorded 75 mm rain in Gurugram tehsil, with flooding reported across major roads and dozens of residential sectors on Monday.

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Gurgaon schools shift online, offices adopt WFH today amid heavy rainfall, waterlogging and traffic disruption

Heavy rainfall, waterlogging and traffic disruption have prompted authorities in Gurugram to keep schools on online mode and advise offices to follow Work From Home (WFH) arrangements today, August 25, 2026. The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) issued the advisory after intense rain...

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Taxpayers in waist-deep water: Gurgaon's annual infrastructure betrayal

GURGAON: Gurgaon's Monday monsoon disruption exposes a recurring infrastructure failure, with 75mm of rain flooding major roads, stranding schoolchildren and commuters, and causing missed trains. Hundreds of crores spent on drainage and desilting, along with pending road repairs and major civic...

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'Horrifying to the core': Gurgaon rain traps kids in school buses for over 7 hours

GURGAON: When a student of Class II returned home on Monday, she was traumatised and stressed. Kiara, who had left school in Sector 47 at 12.30pm, reached home in Sector 51 at 8.30pm.

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Gurgaon chaos continues: Massive sinkhole swallows service road on Delhi-Jaipur highway

#WATCH | Haryana: A sinkhole forms on the road near IFFCO Chowk in Gurugram after a wide portion of the road caved in. Barricading has been put around the spot.

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Heavy rain lashes Delhi-NCR; Gurgaon shifts offices, schools to WFH mode

NEW DELHI: Heavy rain continued to lash Delhi-NCR on Tuesday, a day after torrential downpours brought large parts of the national capital to a standstill, triggering widespread waterlogging, traffic snarls and disruption to daily life.

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2 Congress leaders 'missing' after showing black flags to CM in Gurgaon; party workers hold protest

GURGAON: Two district Congress presidents who had waved black flags at chief minister Nayab Singh Saini's convoy in Gurgaon on August 21 have allegedly "gone missing", triggering a protest by party workers outside the police commissioner's office on Monday, news agency PTI reported.

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BJP MP Rao Inderjit Singh blames Congress era for Gurugram rain chaos, pitches tunnel fix

BJP MP Rao Inderjit Singh said underground tunnels, similar to those built for the metro, should be constructed along the routes of the old drains. | India News

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Gurugram waterlogging rain: "Wait Till 2047. All Will Be Fixed": Haryana MP Dharambir Singh Tells Sinking Gurugram

Day after rain chaos, civic lapses draw ire, scrutiny in Gurgaon

Gurgaon: A six-year-old on his mother’s shoulders. Schoolchildren crying in buses, hungry and desperate to reach home.

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Why Gurugram drowns in rains, but Noida doesn't. 3 key factors

As always, heavy rain this week left Gurugram's roads submerged, children stranded, and commuters wading through waist-deep water. Meanwhile, Delhi's other satellite city, Noida, fared relatively better. What's behind the contrast? What does that say about Gurugram's drainage, planning and...

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Haryana Chief Minister Evades Questions On Gurugram Flooding As Security Pushes Reporter

Severe waterlogging and flooding in Gurugram have led to widespread disruptions, with roads caving in near Iffco Chowk and children left stranded on flooded streets for hours. Public outrage has grown among residents and professionals over the deteriorating infrastructure. When questioned in...

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Gurugram is actually drowning in its own real estate boom

Nearly 75 percent of the city’s stormwater drains and a third of its ponds seem to have vanished under concrete. What’s left is a ‘Millennium City’ that can’t survive an afternoon of rain.

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Free registration of electric vehicles begins in Haryana's Gurugram | Check what your EV is eligible for

Under a new policy, 100% motor vehicle tax exemption will be given on new battery-operated electric vehicles priced up to ₹30 lakh (ex-showroom).

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Gurugram waterlogging: Heavy rain, floods, four-hour commutes leave residents fuming, workers recount chaos - Gurgaon News | India Today

Gurugram MP calls waterlogging a Congress-era mess. His own tenure began in 2009

Gurugram MP Rao Inderjit Singh called measures to tackle the city's chronic waterlogging a band-aid solution and blamed Congress-era development for construction over old drainage channels. The Congress hit back at the BJP government, alleging that Gurugram's infrastructure has “collapsed”.

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'Gurgaon rains again expose Congress-era drainage gaps'

GURGAON: As heavy rain once again brought Gurgaon to a standstill, BJP MP Rao Inderjit Singh has blamed development carried out during the Congress era for the city's long-standing waterlogging woes, saying construction over traditional drainage channels has left the city struggling to cope with...

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Gurugram waterlogging sparks outrage; Residents, Opposition question government and MP

Gurugram's waterlogging crisis prompts outrage as residents and opposition criticize government inaction and infrastructure failures after heavy rain.

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Key IFFCO Chowk road caves in, taps run dry in Gurgaon

This was a day after several parts in the Millenium City came to a halt as heavy rain led to waterlogging.

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‘We can’t remove illegal colonies now’: MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Gurgaon waterlogging crisis

GURGAON: Union Minister of State and Gurgaon MP Rao Inderjit Singh on Wednesday met Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini and discussed the recurring waterlogging problem in Gurgaon.

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