Video: School Buses Stranded On Flooded Gurugram Roads, Students Trapped

Heavy rain lashed Gurugram on Monday, leading to widespread waterlogging and traffic snarls across the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a red alert for heavy rainfall, prompting schools to drop students early as a precautionary measure. 

However, severe waterlogging in the city's Subhash Chowk area left several school buses carrying children stranded on waterlogged streets for hours.

Visuals that went viral on social media show a line of yellow school buses stranded on a submerged road. The water was deep enough to almost completely cover the bus tyres, leaving the children trapped inside.

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Residents Struggle

Visuals on social media showed residents struggling on waterlogged roads at several key locations in Gurugram. Two students were seen carrying schoolbags above their heads, walking slowly as they felt the ground's stability before taking each step, with no way to tell if the road had any large potholes or open manholes.

Other videos showed gig workers and motorists dragging their vehicles through waist-deep waters. 

Key Areas Blocked

The waterlogging was not limited to Subhash Chowk. Key areas such as Rajiv Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Railway Road, Sector 5, Old Delhi Road, Mehrauli Road and Basai Road were some of the most affected.

Traffic on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway was slowed, while the stretch from Signature Tower to Hero Honda Chowk, which usually takes around 15 minutes to cover, took at least 50 minutes. 

WFH Advisory For Offices, Online Classes For Schools

Gurugram's administration asked offices to allow work-from-home (WFH) and schools to teach online mode after heavy rain today. 

"In view of the heavy rainfall in the district Gurugram on 24.08.2026, there are chances of waterlogging and traffic congestion. Therefore, all corporate offices and government and private schools/institutions in the district are advised to guide their employees to work from home from 25.08.2026, so that traffic congestion can be avoided and repair works of roads and drains can be carried out smoothly by civic agencies," the advisory issued by District Magistrate-cum-Chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Uttam Singh, read. 

Why Gurugram Faces Severe Waterlogging Every Monsoon

Just an hour of rain brought the entire city to a standstill on Monday, an annual occurrence for residents of India's "Millennium City." Despite housing high-profile corporate offices and luxury apartments, the city's civic infrastructure continues to collapse during prolonged downpours.

From its natural topography to drainage failures, several factors contribute to the city submerging every monsoon.

Gurugram is located in a natural basin. When heavy rainfall hits, stormwater rushes rapidly down from the surrounding Aravalli hills and converges on the urban plains.

The city's poor drainage is also a key reason behind the waterlogging. During heavy rain, stormwater easily breaches the Badshahpur drain's maximum carrying capacity, causing toxic overflows onto main roads and into residential sectors.