Gurgaon is flooded with water and Twitter with #Gurugram jokes
The fault in Gurgaon's stars. Photo: Twitter/Amit Kumar Nanchahal
After massive traffic jams due to incessant rains causing floods all over Modiji's "Smart City", Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar blamed his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal for the situation in Gurugram.
Khattar said Arvind Kejriwal's non-cooperative behaviour caused (?) the traffic jams.
BJP spokesperson Jawahar Yadav backed the Haryana CM's claims saying a large chunk of water goes out from Gurgaon through the Najafgarh drain which flows through Delhi. And hence, Kejriwal is to be blamed!
Free advice for Khattar: If you don't want your city to be flooded, manage it better rather than passing the buck.
While his citizens were trying to swim their way home, Khattar was holding a Twitter QnA session.
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| Massive flooding in Haryana's Gurgaon. Photo: Twitter |
People reached home five-six hours later than usual after a 12-hour jam brought the city to a halt. As a result, schools have been closed for two days and Gurgaon Police has actually asked people from Delhi not to enter the city.
Many people - both online and offline - wished the BJP government focused more on improving the city's infrastructure rather than changing its name.
That has worked though as Gurgaon is now truly a tribute to the "Gurugram" of yesteryear.
As always, Twitter is the go-to place for irate citizens to vent out their anger. And angry they are!
A lot of them were in rare form with plenty of snark to throw at the BJP government.
Here are the best ones:
A hectic session of monsoon. Totally jammed. No work today.No no, not #Gurugram. I'm talking about parliament.
— Ramesh Srivats (@rameshsrivats) July 29, 2016
Gurgaon: more MNC hqs per sq km now seems to also have more potholes per sq km. yeh hai smart city india!
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 29, 2016
For the love of cows, Haryana Government making a perfect place for cows to chill this summer.... #Gurugram #traffic https://t.co/8IZfHuDlIi
— Ashish (@aashishrazdan) July 29, 2016
Is Priyanka Chopra shooting Baywatch in #Gurugram yet?#DadJokes
— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) July 29, 2016
Choosing to drive in Gurgaon right now be like. pic.twitter.com/rUR3n4ShWL
— Shakti Shetty (@Shakti_Shetty) July 28, 2016
Modi ji is going to Millennium city #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/fj50KnVS2x
— ??? ?????????? (@abdullah_0mar) July 29, 2016
Film actor Aamir Khan trying to reach shooting location in #Gurugram floods pic.twitter.com/OMn49kIZsw
— Champ McLovin (@BolshoyBooze) July 29, 2016
Cars dips in the #Gurugram pools pic.twitter.com/f3V3NewECW
— Sayyar Mir (@SayyarMir) July 29, 2016
Kudos to #Gurugram City for successful test drives of the world's first Water Cars : pic.twitter.com/SDwlucDsUV
— Rohit Sharma (@imRo45_) July 29, 2016
Govt officials are planning to watch Mohenjo daro to learn better drain mgmt #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/zGG8qsmAKw
— ABHISHEK KUMAR (@abhinitrpr) July 29, 2016
In other states of India, they call it horrible traffic jam. In Gurgaon oh sorry #gurugram, we call it life #gurgaonrains
— Prabhash Thakur (@prabhashthakur) July 29, 2016
The situation got pretty bad and angry citizens started tweeting to Khattar, trying to hold him accountable for the lack of "Acche din" in the city:
@mlkhattar we can constitute a team and helpline to save cows. How about the humans stuck here in Gurugram. #gurgaonrains #gurgaontraffic
— Shubhra pant (@Shubhrapant_TOI) July 29, 2016
Cc @mlkhattar sir you are in power for almost 2 yrs now ,but Gurgaon is same in rainy seasons https://t.co/osagjfnou7
— ? Keep Smiling (@upma23) July 29, 2016
@PMOIndia @mlkhattar Awaiting Achche din #Gurugram,absence of drainage n rainwater mgmt,want to innovate nt eternally wait at #MilleniumCity
— Honey Das (@HoneyDas) July 29, 2016