India, June 2 -- Nearly 64% of the city's rainwater harvesting pits remain clogged and are yet to be cleaned and desilted, raising concerns about the flood preparedness ahead of the monsoons, as per data by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG).

MCG officials said only 150 of the 408 existing rainwater harvesting systems have been cleared so far, while work on the remaining 258 pits is underway.

Among the city's four zones, 66 rainwater pits have been desilted in Zone 1, 28 of the 47 pits in zone 2, while zone 3 has seen the slowest progress with only 24 of the 121 pits cleared. In zone 4, desilting has been completed in 32 of the 107 pits.

"The desilting of rainwater harvesting systems across the city is currently underway. We a...