Gurugram (Paridhi Dhasmana), 1 September – The Gurgaon-Delhi highway was brought to a standstill on Sunday evening after heavy rainfall triggered an 8 km long traffic jam.
From above, the endless stream of headlights and brake lights looked almost celebratory — like a festival of cars stretching across the highway. But step inside those vehicles, and the reality was hours of wasted time, fuel, and patience.
One spell of rain was enough to once again unmask Gurugram’s fragile infrastructure. Within minutes, one of NCR’s busiest lifelines resembled a parking lot, proof that the city’s so-called “millennium” tag still collapses the moment the monsoon arrives.
For daily commuters, this isn’t breaking news — it’s the same story on repeat. Promises of world-class roads vanish the second water fills a pothole, and “smart city” ambitions stall behind a row of honking cars.
The previous downpour has already crippled traffic. With showers resuming, the real question is not how long the jams will last, but how much longer the city can keep dodging accountability for a drainage system that floods with every cloudburst.
