Monsoon: Mock drill in Gurgaon to avoid waterlogging as IMD predicts widespread rain and thundershowers

The IMD has stated that the likely formation of a low-pressure area over north Bay of Bengal around June 11 and its movement towards north-westerly direction may lead to "fairly widespread to widespread rain and thundershowers over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, and west Uttar Pradesh on June 12 and June 13." 

New Delhi: Even as the "widespread rainfall" is likely to bring down the mercury and pollution levels in Delhi on the weekend, the teams of Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) have jointly started preparations to deal with the waterlogging problem during monsoon season in Gurugram. The teams of GMDA and NHAI on Wednesday jointly organised a mock drill at Hero Honda Chowk and Rajiv Chowk in Gurugram to avoid waterlogging in underpasses during monsoon season in Gurugram. Pradeep Sharma, Chief Engineer, Infrastructure-II Division of GMDA, told IANS that the authority organised the mock drill to check the water drainage system in all Gurugram underpasses ahead of the monsoon season.