Gurugram Colony Flooded After Heavy Rains, Admin Provides Aid to Residents – News18
Last Updated: July 10, 2023, 02:07 IST
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav inspected the arrangements for drainage on Sunday.
Heavy rain causes waterlogging in Gurugram’s Kota Colony, prompting the administration to provide food and drinking water to affected residents
Rain water entered houses in Kota Colony of Gurugram on Sunday even as the administration came to the rescue of the residents by providing them with food and drinking water.
Torrential rains on Sunday caused waterlogging at many places in Gurugram, and Kota Colony of Badshahpur was submerged in a way. People living in the area were inconvenienced.
The district Red Cross Society formed a special team after getting to know about the colony. Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav inspected the arrangements for drainage on Sunday.
Despite continuous rainfall, the district administration team in Gurugram is working relentlessly to combat the aftermath of heavy waterlogging.Deputy Commissioner Shri Nishant Kumar Yadav has been personally inspecting the arrangements for drainage since morning. @OfficialGMDA pic.twitter.com/1BLIkEX7Fl— DC Gurugram (@DC_Gurugram) July 9, 2023
Under the guidance of District Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav and Additional Deputy Commissioner Hitesh Kumar Meena, immediate assistance was provided to around 400 people by the Red Cross Society, Gurudwara Singh Sabha Sector-39 and the team of Civil Defence. A joint team provided food to the people at their flooded homes.
Vikas Kumar, Secretary of the Red Cross Society, said the team comprising Atul Kumar Parashar from the Red Cross, Gagandeep Sindhu from Gurdwara Singh Sabha Sector 39, Sushma, Ranjan Bedi from Civil Defence, Vinita Peter and others delivered food to the residents of the colony.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
