Waterlogging in Gurugram is no accident — it is a man-made crisis born out of years of negligence, shortsighted planning, and the relentless encroachment of our natural water reservoirs, johars, and ponds. These vital lifelines, which once absorbed and channelled rainwater, have been systematically destroyed or swallowed by concrete — sometimes by private encroachment, often by government structures, including HSVP’s own developments.
Today, the Old Gurgaon Road near Kapashera–Dundahera border stands as a grim testimony to this folly — three feet deep in foul-smelling, stagnant water, a cesspool breeding disease and misery. Sectors 20 to 23A, along with Udyog Vihar and Palam Vihar, bear the brunt of this reckless tinkering with the natural terrain, facing repeated flooding and crippling disruption to life and business.
But the solution is clear — and it is within our grasp, if only we act now:
Revival of the Khala Road Water Reservoir on the left-hand side of the Dundahera border to NH-48 road leading to the Toll Plaza by GMDA — coupled with construction of proper drainage and revival of the adjoining ETP/STP.
Restoration of the MCG-owned Johar on Rao Gajraj Marg, Old Gurugram Road, to its full capacity.
Revival of the Sector 22B / Molehera Johar by HSVP — undoing the damage of its conversion into plotted land.
These three interventions alone can reduce the burden of flooding in the area by up to 60%. The remaining challenge can be met through desilting existing drains and connecting them to new water harvesting structures on public land.
This is not a matter for tomorrow, next month, or next year. The time for action is now. Every day of delay means more flooded homes, more potholed roads, stalled traffic, more economic losses, and greater health risks.
We call upon GMDA, MCG, HSVP, and the District Administration to act in mission mode — to restore what nature had already given us and what human folly destroyed. Let Gurugram’s story be one of revival, not ruin.
History will remember whether we chose to act — or to look away.
