Overview

• Torrential monsoon rains on Wednesday night flooded Gurugram streets under two to three feet of water, crippling traffic and public transit.
• Shailendra, a 27-year-old auto-rickshaw driver, was discovered dead in a submerged sewer in Sector 49 after his wife’s more than 200 unanswered calls prompted a police search.
• Three people died from electrocutions after contacting exposed power lines on waterlogged roads, prompting a negligence complaint against the Power Department.
• The broader death toll of nine also includes three children who drowned in a rain-filled pond in Bhondsi and a woman killed in a rain-related road accident.
• The India Meteorological Department has forecast continued heavy rainfall across Delhi-NCR, raising concerns over further waterlogging.