Gurugram on Thursday witnessed heavy rainfall, leading to consequent waterlogging and flooding in parts of the city. A Gurugram resident took to Instagram to post videos of his partially submerged cars -- including BMW, Mercedes and an i20. He questioned the Gurugram authorities, asking whether he pays his bills and taxes for such poor infrastructure and the lack of response from authorities.
"This ain't Mumbai or Bangalore, welcome to the metro city of India, Gurugram/Gurgaon," the user said. "I pay my taxes, I pay all bills to wake up one day to see my house, my BMW, Mercedes, i20 stranded and gone," he wrote. Adding that he felt "so broken" by this, he said that no authorities or officials have yet shown up to fix the situation.
He said that he tried to call a crane service but to no avail. "No crane would show up to even enter this deep of water, I tried that," the user, who goes by @gajodharsinghcool on Instagram, said. Instagram users empathised with his plight, leading to much outrage against the poor infrastructure in Gurugram.
"Such a shame. And the government wants people to happily pay heavy taxes just to get flooded. Absolute joke," a user wrote.
"The fact that he is trying to be calm and handle the situation professionally...
mad respect," another user said. A user tagged Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram and wrote: "Are these the conditions we should be living in despite this being such an advanced city? If anything this is unacceptable! The drainage system is non-e.