Why Gurugram Floods Every Monsoon: Geography, Urbanisation and Poor Planning

Gurugram experiences severe flooding year after year, a pattern rooted in its natural geography and its complicated relationship with water. The city's terrain has historically required careful water management, but rapid urbanisation has steadily undermined this need. Development over the decades has obscured natural drainage pathways and water bodies that once helped manage monsoon flows. As a result, the city remains structurally vulnerable to heavy rainfall despite repeated flooding events. Experts point to the erasure of this geographic reality as the core reason Gurugram continues to be battered each monsoon season.