The District Catastrophe Administration authority in Gurugram has issued a piece type residence advisory for Tuesday – August 25. This discover comes after heavy rain lashed the NCR area on Monday, inflicting huge site visitors snarls and waterlogging.
“In view of the heavy rainfall in Gurugram on 24 August 2026, there’s a risk of waterlogging and site visitors congestion at varied places throughout the district,” mentioned the discover issued by the deputy commissioner.
The order known as on all company workplaces, authorities and personal colleges and establishments to information their staff, employees to earn a living from home on August 25, 2026.
“The advisory will assist scale back site visitors congestion and facilitate clean restore and upkeep works on roads and drains by civic businesses,” the discover added additional.
Heavy rain lashes Gurgaon
On Monday, the Indian Meteorological Division issued an orange alert for Haryana’s Gurugram and Faridabad areas for heavy rain.
Because the skies cleared, the alert was later downgraded to yellow for the complete Delhi-NCR area. The extraordinary spells of rain on Monday inundated several arterial roads, residential pockets and highways.
A number of components of the town reported ankle-to-knee-deep water on roads. Waterlogging was reported in Sector 10 close to Euro Worldwide Faculty, South Metropolis-1, Sector 69’s Tulip Chowk and 60-metre street, Narsinghpur, sectors 9, 14 and 45, DLF Section 3’s V Block, Ardee Metropolis in the direction of Sector 52, Sector 52A, Sector 5 and the Airia Mall stretch on Sohna Street.
The rain additionally brought on site visitors snarls throughout the town as site visitors moved slowly and four-kilometer jams have been recorded.
“Visitors groups have been deployed on web site for managing automobile motion, and help from native police stations has additionally been taken. We are going to take up route diversions wherever crucial,” ACP site visitors (headquarters and highways) Satyapal Yadav instructed HT.
