Video: School Buses Stranded On Flooded Gurugram Roads, Students Trapped
Heavy rainfall in Gurugram has caused severe waterlogging, trapping school buses and disrupting traffic across the city. Local authorities have issued work-from-home advisories and moved schools to online learning.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the vulnerability of urban infrastructure in India to extreme weather events and climate-related flooding.
Heavy rain hit 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.Gurugram: School buses carrying children stranded on waterlogged roads pic.twitter.com/BZpDvcnppJ - NDTV (@ndtv) August 24, 2026Residents StruggleVisuals on social media showed residents struggling on waterlogged roads at several key locations in Gurugram.
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