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Haryana CM Naib Saini dodges question on Gurugram flooding
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…
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.
Source: aajtak.in
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