Heavy Rain Lashes Delhi-NCR: Gurugram Waterlogged, Infrastructure Collapses - video Dailymotion

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Heavy rainfall over thirty-six hours has caused severe waterlogging across the Delhi National Capital Region, crippling urban infrastructure. Gurugram experienced traffic collapse as roads submerged, stranding vehicles and trapping schoolchildren in floodwaters for hours near Sheetla Mata Mandir. Similar conditions were observed across Delhi, where rain disrupted daily life and inundated key transit routes. The report highlights severe urban infrastructure failure, drainage issues, and the impact of monsoon rains on safety and transportation in major urban hubs.

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00:00Heavy rains have lashed the areas in and around the national capital for the last 36 hours

00:06and typically the two days have exposed the utter mess that lies in the Delhi NCR.

00:13No place exemplifies the complete crumbling infrastructure than Gurugram.

00:18Now Gurugram has perhaps the highest net worth of individuals per square kilometer

00:24but when it comes to drainage, well you probably need a boat.

00:28Take a look at today's report and then we'll ask, when will Gurugram and our cities ever change?

00:36Take a look.

00:46This was Gurugram on Monday.

00:49A few hours of rain and the Millennium City came to a standstill.

00:54Roads disappeared underwater.

00:58Vehicles were stranded.

01:02Traffic collapsed.

01:10And then came the most disturbing visuals.

01:14School children trapped in the chaos.

01:21A school van carrying nursery students got stuck near Sheetla Mata Mandir.

01:27The children had to be taken out of the stranded vehicle while their parents struggled through the water to reach

01:33them.

01:34For some families, it took hours.

01:41As a parent, it was a traumatizing time when I was in the office and my wife had no transport

01:50available to us.

01:51So we were not able to reach out.

01:53But thanks to, I would say, the school teachers, who kept us always connected with the children and kept their

02:02attention.

02:03They gave us biscuits and a little bit of food so that they would settle down and be scared.

02:10Imagine that, a child leaves school and ends up stranded in flood water after just one hour of rain.

02:20And Delhi was no different.

02:22The national capital was severely waterlogged on Tuesday.

02:26Roads flooded.

02:27Vehicles stranded.

02:29Normal life disrupted.

02:31This is no longer a monsoon inconvenience.

02:34This is an infrastructure failure.

02:41A school route can become a danger zone.

02:45And one hour of rain can bring two of India's biggest urban centers to their knees.

02:52We are drowning in our own cities.

02:55Drowning in water.

02:57Drowning in neglect.

03:00Bureau Report, India Today.

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