9 years, Rs 500 crores, and still sinking
Over the past nine years, MCG poured ₹503 crore into building and maintaining Gurgaon's drainage — but when the rain fell this week, the city still flooded, commuters were stranded, and taxpayers were left questioning where the money went.
Where the ground gave way
A temporary drain laid by GMDA failed under pressure, revealing how temporary fixes kept collapsing under permanent negligence.
Killed by the system
25-year-old Akshat Jain never made it home, died after touching a live wire submerged in water. An open power box and a flooded street - a city unfit for life
A city submerged by misgovernance
From upscale townships to older colonies, no part of Gurgaon was spared. The water didn’t discriminate — it simply followed gravity, made worse by concrete, blocked drains, and years of ignored warnings.
Negligence that killed
An autorickshaw driver lost his life after falling into an open manhole. Just hours earlier, a young man died of electrocution from an exposed wire submerged in water. Both tragedies were entirely preventable — if only systems worked.
Floodwaters engulf car
As the streets flooded rapidly, the driver exited his submerged vehicle unharmed, highlighting the dangers commuters faced during the monsoon downpour.
Vehicles broke down and commuters stranded
Hundreds of commuters spent hours stuck in traffic or waded through knee-deep water to reach home, while authorities removed over 200 stranded vehicles early Thursday to clear the flooded streets.
No way home
Pedestrians waded through knee-deep water, forced to abandon vehicles and comfort, as flooded streets exposed the hollow reality of Gurgaon's urban infrastructure — where rain continues to defeat millions in public spending.
Truck into sinkhole
A section of the Southern Peripheral Road near Sector 75A gave way on Wednesday night, creating a 30-meter-wide sinkhole that swallowed a truck.
Money poured, water stayed
As 133mm of rain fell in 90 minutes, Gurugram’s streets disappeared underwater — a brutal reminder of the 2016 Gurujam. Nine years and ₹503 crore later, nothing has changed.