• By Nidhi Giri
  • Fri, 26 Jul 2024 12:33 PM (IST)
  • Source:JND

A resident of Haryana’s Gurugram expressed distress, claiming several of his luxury cars were damaged after rainfall in the city. The man, who goes by Gajodhar Singh on social media, shared a video of his BMW M340i worth Rs 83 lakh partially submerged in water at his residence yesterday, raising eyebrows at the city’s infrastructure facilities. His video shows visuals of the waterlogged road outside his house in Gurgaon’s posh Sector 57.

“I pay my taxes, I pay bills all to wake up one day to see my house, my BMW, Mercedes, i20 stranded and gone,” Singh wrote on Instagram. “No authorities or officials have shown up to fix the situation yet,” he wrote, adding that he felt “so broken” by the turn of events.

The man informed that he tried to get a crane to lift his cars but no crane would enter the deep water. “This ain't Mumbai or Bangalore, welcome to the metro city of India, Gurugram/Gurgaon,” Singh wrote on Instagram, urging his followers to tag local authorities and bring his plight to their attention.

The video led to much outrage on social media. “Imagine seeing your car like this after paying half of its value in taxes to the government?” wrote one X user while sharing the video.

“Such a shame. And the government wants people to happily pay heavy taxes just to get flooded. Absolute joke,” an Instagram user commented.

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One person called it “infrastructure getting dissolved,” while another said water drainage is a big problem in Delhi NCR.

Gurugram experienced heavy rainfall on Thursday, leading to severe waterlogging and flooding in parts of the city. In the northwest, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan are likely to experience "heavy rainfall" until July 28. Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh can expect similar conditions today, with Uttar Pradesh continuing to see heavy showers until July 27.

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Meanwhile, the southern states are also bracing for intense monsoon activity. Karnataka is forecast to receive "very heavy rainfall" on July 25, while Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala are expected to see "heavy rainfall" until July 26 and 27.