Bilkul Sateek News
Gurugram (Paridhi Dhasmana), 21 July — When it poured on 9th and 10th July, Gurugram didn’t just get wet — it sank. Homes turned into ponds, roads vanished under water, and electricity danced dangerously through flood-soaked wires. And yet, the silence from those in charge? Deafening.
Bilkul Sateek News received chilling visuals from Luv Kumar Pal, a resident whose house was completely submerged. The videos and photos show what the authorities conveniently overlook: knee-deep, waist-deep, life-threatening water inside homes — not just his, but neighbours’ too.
“There was no power cut. Water was everywhere. I feared we could have died,” Luv told us — his voice still shaking from the memory. And that fear wasn’t paranoia. It was prophecy.
And that fear wasn’t unfounded. It became someone else’s reality.
That same day, a 25-year-old designer died of electrocution. A 27-year-old auto-rickshaw driver drowned in what should have been a road, not a deathtrap.
The threat wasn’t hypothetical — it was fatal.
And it unfolded in a city where the infrastructure collapsed long before the skies did. The danger Luv feared wasn’t just possible — it happened. And it happened under the nose of a system that was nowhere to be seen — while the civic PR machinery, worry-free as ever, of course, stayed perfectly dry.
The government’s much-publicised drainage projects, flood-preparedness plans, and disaster helplines clearly took the day off — just like the municipal accountability. When houses are underwater, and residents are left texting media channels instead of getting rescue support, you know something is broken. Not just the roads — the system.
Let’s call it what it is: a governance failure dressed up in monsoon excuses. Every year, the rains arrive like clockwork. But so does the flooding. And so does the government’s convenient amnesia.
We’re not dealing with a natural disaster. We’re dealing with an unnatural indifference — a city sinking in rainwater while officials float comfortably on inflated claims of development.
So, here’s the question no press release will answer: How many more deaths will it take for Gurugram’s leaders to respond before the water reaches their own doorstep?
Until then, residents like Luv Kumar Pal will keep documenting what the government refuses to acknowledge — that Gurugram isn’t waterlogged by rain.
It’s drowning in neglect.
