Bilkul Sateek News
Gurugram (Paridhi Dhasmana), 9 July – Gurugram prayed for rain — and got a flood. With just a few hours of downpour, Sector 14 turned into a wading pool. But don’t worry, it’s not just Sector 14. Sector 7, Sector 51, Cyber City — everyone’s invited to the annual aquatic showcase. Different localities, same civic tragedy.
This isn’t an isolated incident. By now, it’s tradition. The rain arrives, the streets vanish, and the authorities disappear right on cue. Cars stalled, homes flooded, roads gone — Gurugram’s great disappearing act. In Sector 14, the water climbed past tyres, up gates, and into basements. If this is urban development, it’s drowning in irony.
Cyber City, the supposed symbol of modern India, couldn’t cyber its way out of waist-deep water. Sector 51? Floating. Sector 7? Practically underwater since pre-monsoon. Sector 14? Just joined the club. And through it all, the authorities stay remarkably dry — perhaps because their responsibility doesn’t get wet.
Drainage, once again, was caught off guard — as if rain in July were a freak occurrence. But this isn’t nature’s fury. It’s man-made negligence, seasoned with annual forgetfulness. Every monsoon exposes the same cracks — and yet, every year, it’s treated like breaking news.
Gurugram loves to call itself a ‘Millennium City.’ But after every rain, it looks more like a neglected swamp with Wi-Fi. The roads might lead to tech parks and high-rises, but when water levels rise, all progress sinks to the same level.
So, the question isn’t how did this happen? We know. The question is — how long will the authorities keep pretending this is normal? And more importantly, how many more sectors have to drown before someone finally takes the drainage crisis seriously?
