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Gurugram police urged work from home after overnight rain caused flooding
Gurugram Police issued an advisory on 6 August 2026 asking corporate offices and private establishments to allow employees to work from home for the day, after overnight rain left several parts of…
Gurugram Police issued an advisory on 6 August 2026 asking corporate offices and private establishments to allow employees to work from home for the day, after overnight rain left several parts of the city waterlogged and had triggered a traffic jam lasting nearly six hours, according to The New Indian Express. Police said reduced vehicle movement would help ambulances, fire services and police teams operate, and public relations officer Sandeep Turan urged the corporate sector to extend the facility to employees. Assistant Commissioner of Police Satyapal Yadav said traffic regulation teams had been deployed at key intersections from early morning, and residents were urged to avoid non-essential travel. Authorities warned that continued heavy rain could cause further waterlogging and daytime traffic snarls at major roads and intersections. Sohna recorded the district's highest rainfall, at 110 millimetres, in the 24 hours to 8 am that day.
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The New Indian Express ties the advisory to a specific stretch of weather rather than a policy shift: the Wednesday night jam that left vehicles stranded for nearly six hours as arterial roads, underpasses and service lanes went under water, and a tehsil-wise reading for the 24 hours to 8 am on 6 August that put Sohna at 110 mm and Gurugram tehsil at 97 mm. Against that, the report sets GMDA and MCG's position that the city's chronic waterlogging has been substantially addressed this monsoon, and records that Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini's own cavalcade was stuck near Sheetla Mata Temple in Tuesday's rain. Those two accounts of the same monsoon are what the next heavy spell will test.
Source: www.newindianexpress.com
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