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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Gurgaon Waterlogging: Why does the Millennium City of Fortune 500 firms flood every time it rains? The answer has nothing to do with weather

Gurugram remained inundated for the second consecutive day due to heavy monsoon rain. The city was inundated with 115mm of rain in just 33 hours and the fallout was immediate, waterlogged roads, crawling traffic and a string of rain-related incidents across the city’s busiest stretches on Wednesday. On some of Gurugram's busiest roads including the NH-48 service lane near Narsinghpur, Basai, Kadipur and Sohna Road, traffic came to a standstill leaving commuters stranded for hours. “Several vehicles reportedly got stuck in the standing water and broke down. Sectors 29, 31, 45 and 56 have flooded before in basements.

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