# Haryana CM Naib Saini dodges question on Gurugram flooding 2026-08-26T09:48:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Haryana Chief Minister Naib Saini refused to answer questions about Gurugram's persistent waterlogging during an event in Panchkula. When Aaj Tak journalist Asim Bassi asked him about the situation, Saini remained silent and walked away. His security personnel removed the microphone twice. This comes as Gurugram faces severe flooding after heavy rain on Tuesday, with roads and underpasses submerged, schools switching to online classes, and companies asking employees to work from home. In Subhash Chowk, around 15 vehicles, including 9 school buses carrying over 300 children, were stuck for approximately two hours. A portion of the service lane on the Delhi-Jaipur highway near Iffco Chowk caved in due to a leak in GMDA's sewer line. The GMDA team barricaded the area and will repair the sewer line, after which NHAI will fix the road. Despite having 408 rainwater harvesting systems, the city's drainage crisis remains unresolved. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Gurugram contributes the highest revenue among Haryana cities, yet its drainage infrastructure has repeatedly failed under heavy rain. The 408 rainwater harvesting systems the GMDA cites are clearly insufficient when a 35-minute downpour of 70 mm floods key roads and traps schoolchildren for two hours. The real failure is political: the CM’s silence at a public event compounds a 1,400-crore drainage project that Congress claims yielded no results. The next test is whether the NHAI can repair the sunken highway stretch near Iffco Chowk quickly, or if a fresh downpour this week will repeat the chaos. ## Coverage - aajtak.in Led with the CM's evasion and security removing the mic, foregrounding official avoidance over flooding damage This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: GMDA, Gurugram, Haryana, Naib Saini, NHAI, Panchkula Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/haryana-cm-naib-saini-dodges-question-on-gurugram-flooding/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/haryana-cm-naib-saini-dodges-question-on-gurugram-flooding/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/