India, June 10 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Tuesday directed residents' welfare associations (RWAs) of gated residential societies and high-rise complexes to ensure working rainwater harvesting systems in their societies to contain rainwater in monsoon and curb overflow onto roads.

GMDA said representatives from over 30 RWAs of societies participated in the latest meeting, the third such meeting over the past few weeks chaired by DS Dhesi, principal advisor (urban development) of Haryana. A GMDA spokesperson said Dhesi directed the authority and residents to test the structures, as well as divert water from rooftops into these pits.

RS Bhath, district town planner, GMDA, said that for the past six months,...