- By Shubham Bajpai
- Mon, 04 Aug 2025 10:51 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Gurugram rains: Heavy rainfall lashed Gurugram on Monday, causing power outages, waterlogging, and traffic jams across several areas in the city. The Delhi-Jaipur highway was also inundated and subsequently saw traffic snarls on Monday evening.
The traffic police were seen trying to clear traffic congestion to ensure free vehicular movement. The rain-related woes caused frustration among the people who blamed MCG and GMDA for ineffective drainage cleaning.
Arjun Goyal, a student of LLB who was stuck in the traffic jam near Rajiv Chowk, said, "Despite repeated issues, the MCG and GMDA have not effectively cleaned the drainage systems. Crores of rupees spent in the name of waterlogging management but in Gurugram even light rain led to waterlogging".
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Talking about the efforts made to ease traffic woes, a senior traffic police official said that officers were on duty at various places to ensure smooth flow.
Weather forecast for Tuesday
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), similar weather conditions are likely to prevail tomorrow, August 5. The maximum and minimum temperatures are predicted to be one degree higher at 35 and 25 degrees Celsius, respectively, as compared to today. The sky will remain partly cloudy with one or two spells of rain accompanied by thunderstorms.
Meanwhile, the weather department has also issued a rain alert for other cities in the Delhi-NCR. It said that there is a possibility of light rain in many areas of Delhi-NCR, including Laxmi Nagar, Patparganj, Anand Vihar, North Delhi, South Delhi, and West Delhi, which will provide relief from the heat.
In Nodia and Ghaziabad, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning. The IMD has stated that a few spells of rain or thundershowers with generally cloudy sky are highly likley in the cities.