Overview
- On Thursday the Haryana government directed the Gurugram deputy commissioner to prepare a City Action Plan for Urban Flood Management by December 31, 2026, and to personally oversee its delivery.
- The administration must locate flood-prone hotspots and investigate root causes such as blocked drains and faulty stormwater drainage design instead of focusing only on clearing waterlogged roads.
- The order requires GIS-based mapping of critical infrastructure, standard operating procedures for the rainy season, promotion of the SACHET warning app, and upgrades to Civil Defence personnel, equipment and training.
- Officials have been asked to seek technical support from the National Disaster Management Authority and to explore funding through the State Disaster Mitigation Fund so that engineering and prevention projects can be proposed and approved.
- The state will study whether Hyderabad’s approach of a central control room and interlinked lakes can be adapted for Gurugram, a change that may need a single catchment-level authority to coordinate the many local agencies and reduce future disruption for residents.