Weekend- Ashok

It is often remarked that “history repeats itself”. In Gurugram, it repeats itself every monsoon with the waterlogged roads every time it rains.A heavy spell of rain, around 160 mm in a span of less t

It is often remarked that “history repeats itself”. In Gurugram, it repeats itself every monsoon with the waterlogged roads every time it rains. A heavy spell of rain, around 160 mm in a span of less than 36 hours on July 19, again left the city inundated with water gushing into houses, roads virtually turning into rivers and the underpasses on the national highway being flooded even claiming a life. All major roads and intersections in the city were water-logged, but Sheetla Mata Mandir Road, a perennial water-logging point in old city, bore the brunt with the videos of devotees, including women and children, wading through waist-length water circulating on the social media platforms for days after the downpour.