Gurgaon: An overnight spell of rain lasting around two hours from 1am on Saturday cooled the morning but exposed the city’s waterlogging problem once again, inundating several residential roads, major stretches and underpasses.Water accumulated on internal roads in sectors 14 and 15, Old MG Road and several parts of the old city. Waterlogging was also witnessed around Police Lines, Dhanwapur Road, sectors 4, 7, 9 and 10, Arjun Nagar, Jyoti Park, New Colony, Kadipur, Basai Road, Sushant Lok, Sheetla Mata Road, Old Delhi Road and near Aggarwal Dharamshala Chowk, among other areas.Medanta underpass was shut and barricaded after rainwater accumulated on the carriageway — the third time this monsoon that National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has had to close it due to flooding.At Mahavir Chowk, the underpass was also flooded, though traffic continued to move through the waterlogged stretch, with the accumulation slowing movement during the morning rush.NHAI officials said rainwater had overflowed from the main road into the Medanta underpass, forcing its closure as a precaution, and that pumping machines had been deployed to drain the water and facilitate reopening. The authority is now looking at a longer-term fix instead of relying solely on pumping out water after each spell.“An authority engineer has been asked to conduct a detailed study of the site and examine what interventions can be made. The study will assess the drainage arrangement, identify measures to prevent rainwater from overflowing from the main road into the underpass, and recommend remedial steps,” an NHAI official said.Rainfall intensity varied across the city. Kadipur and Harsaru recorded the highest rainfall at 83mm each, followed by Gurgaon tehsil at 75mm and Wazirabad at 69mm. Badshapur recorded 62mm, Sohna 55mm, Farrukhnagar 15mm, Manesar 4mm and Pataudi 3mm.The weather turned humid later in the day under a clear sky. The overnight showers brought the night-time temperature down by three degrees, with the city’s minimum recorded at 24.3°C, down from 27.7°C a day earlier. At NorthCap University, the minimum fell to 25°C from 28.3°C on Friday. The maximum temperature stood at 33.9°C, marginally lower than 34.4°C the previous day (34.7°C at NorthCap University). India Meteorological Department has forecast light to moderate rain over the next three days.
