Chandigarh: Rain lays bare gaping holes in infrastructure
Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- Inadequate drainage capacity, solid waste blocking road gullies and the overflowing N-choe were among the factors that left almost the entire Chandigarh inundated after 72.4 mm of rain in two hours on Tuesday evening. The waterlogging, which was more than three feet deep at some places, brought the city to a standstill, flooding roads, markets and houses and leaving commuters stranded for hours. Social media platforms were flooded with residents' woes. Rainwater entered houses in Sector 16 and also the mobile shops in the basement of Sector 22, damaging phones and cameras. It laid bare the tall claims of the Municipal Corporation and the city administration regarding monsoon preparedness and exposed chinks in the dr...
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