Residents of Sector 4 are combating extreme waterlogging on one of many inside roads resulting in the native market. The slender lane has been persistently flooded as a result of sewage overflow and leakage from an underground pipeline, inflicting vital inconvenience to every day commuters and shopkeepers.
Residents defined that there are two routes resulting in the market—one by way of the primary highway, which is commonly busy and congested, and one other by means of a 200 metre narrower lane that was developed as an alternate entry level. Nevertheless, for the previous 1.5 years, your entire stretch of this alternate highway has remained waterlogged nearly every day, making it troublesome for pedestrians and motorists to cross by means of and inflicting difficulties for shopkeepers working alongside the lane.
“Earlier, this lane was surrounded by heaps of rubbish. For a very long time, we had raised a number of complaints with the Municipal Company of Gurugram (MCG) officers, and solely after repeated follow-ups, the waste was lastly eliminated in 2023. Later, the highway which was made in 2024, deteriorated and broke aside, and as soon as once more we despatched a number of movies, pictures, and made quite a few calls to the MCG earlier than it was just lately repaired. Now we face one other unresolved difficulty alongside this lane—sewage overflow. The most recent grievance that we filed concerning the difficulty was on November 13,” stated Yogita Kataraya, patron of the Sector 4 market affiliation.
Jagdish Mehta, a Sector 4 resident, stated lots of the grocery and stationery retailers within the lane have basements. These basements stay crammed with water. “These shops-cum-houses (SCH) are consistently inundated, particularly the basements even when there isn’t any rain. Throughout rainfall, the state of affairs turns into a whole menace,” he stated.
Sankalp Madan, proprietor of a stationery store within the affected lane stated, “The roads are consistently waterlogged. All of the retailers right here have basements, and most of them get flooded with six to eight inches of water every day. We pump it out, however by the following day, it’s again once more.”
Kataraya highlighted that regardless of a number of complaints, there isn’t any motion from MCG. “We all the time get a templated response. They both say officers have reshuffled, or inform us that the difficulty shall be mounted quickly. We’re nonetheless ready for an answer.”
Ramakaran (single title), a junior MCG official, stated he was unaware of the long-pending difficulty. “I used to be posted right here simply two months in the past, so I’m not totally aware of the state of affairs. This downside has reportedly been persisting for almost 1.5 years. It takes time to grasp the realm, so I can’t remark in the meanwhile,” he stated.
