Gurugram’s Smart City illusion: Gleaming outside, broken within

Gurugram is India’s corporate hub. It’s a city of glass towers and swanky office complexes, but the moment the rains arrive, its shiny façade collapses. Waterlogged roads, cars stranded in flooded streets, endless traffic jams – images that go viral every monsoon.

Why has Gurugram, which is not even an old city with legacy systems, become synonymous with waterlogging and gridlock year after year?

For a reality check, we hit the ground. 

Experts tell us that haphazard urban development, neglected drainage systems, and unplanned construction pushed the city into this state. We also visited Gurugram’s only civic hospital, with flooded corridors and heaps of garbage.

Is Gurugram truly a symbol of India’s development or a stark reminder of its urban mismanagement?

Watch.

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