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Rains Of Gurugram: Gurugram was built as India’s shining IT and corporate hub, home to several multinational companies. Its glass towers in Cyber City and Golf Course Road contribute to its image as the “Millennium City”. Yet, season after season, the city struggles to cope with heavy rains. This monsoon, Gurugram received about 30 per cent more than normal rainfall, with September alone recording 59 per cent higher than the month's average rainfall. While last year’s total rainfall (746.2 mm) was higher, this year’s excess once again exposed glaring cracks in the city’s infrastructure.

On September 1, Gurugram recorded 133 mm of rain in just four hours. Arterial roads were submerged and the Delhi-Gurugram highway saw traffic jams stretching for nearly 20 kilometres. Residential neighbourhoods, key IT corridors and luxury zones like Golf Course Road and Cyber City were all under 2-3 feet of water. Vehicles broke down in large numbers, and power outages affected several societies. Failures in nearby dams worsened conditions, flooding villages and low-lying areas.

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Gurugram Rainfall 2025

Period

Received

Average

2025

623.4 mm

480.3 mm

September

115.7 mm

72.7 mm
Gurugram Monsoon Rain Over Recent Years (Image/ PTI)

Gurugram Rains: Impact On Workforce, IT Firms And City Competence

Flooding has become a recurring nightmare for Gurugram’s workforce and IT industry. Thousands of professionals are left stranded on waterlogged roads, with commutes stretching into hours. Offices are forced to cancel Work From Office and shift to Work From Home (WFH), often without proper planning. Project delays, missed client meetings and disrupted timelines erode both productivity and corporate credibility.

Local businesses, especially retail and other services near office hubs, face losses both from decreased footfall and property damage. Power outages and flooded basements damage critical hardware and digital infrastructure, costing firms heavily in repairs and downtime.

For a city aspiring to compete with other IT Hubs like Bengaluru and Hyderabad, it is unavoidably necessary for it to be prepared for weather hits like rainfall and thunderstorms. Its infrastructure, transport, power and digital services need to be all-time ready to sustain against odds and prove its competence.Flood Handling Comparision Between IT Hubs

Voices From The Ground

“I had to wade through knee-deep water just to find a cab. It felt unsafe and I kept worrying about open drains and live wires,” said Gargi Sharma, an employee at a multinational firm in DLF Cyber Hub, speaking to Daily Jagran.

Amit Kataria, another IT professional caught in the September 1 flooding, told Daily Jagran that, “What should have been a simple commute turned into a nightmare. It took me three hours to cover just 12 kilometres. Public transport was crippled, cabs were impossible to find and water pooled across roads made travel unsafe. We missed crucial meetings because the city was impassable. This wasn’t just inconvenient — it was a blow to productivity and livelihoods. The city’s infrastructure failed to handle the rain, and commuters like me paid the price.”

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Gurugram Flooding (Image/ PTI)Govt Response So Far

The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) and the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) responded by deploying pumps, cleaning drains and patching broken roads after the September rains. The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) also issued advisories asking companies to allow work-from-home on days of extreme rainfall.

Experts, however, argue that these steps remain reactive rather than preventive. Urban planners have called for a comprehensive stormwater management plan, restoration of wetlands, stricter oversight on construction projects and unified accountability among civic bodies. Without these long-term measures, Gurugram’s ambition to be India’s premier IT hub may remain an image, not reality.

(This article is part of the series 'Rains Of Gurugram'. To read more articles in the series, click here)