India, Sept. 9 -- Congress leaders and residents of Surat Nagar on Sunday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of betraying Gurugram by failing to provide even basic civic facilities, alleging that daily life has been reduced to a struggle for survival amid sewage overflows, stagnant water, and uncollected garbage.

Responding to repeated appeals from locals, the Congress delegation visited Surat Nagar, which houses about 2,000 families and hosts a population of nearly 30,000 residents, and walked through its waterlogged lanes. District Congress president (urban) Pankaj Dawar, who led the visit, alleged that the government was making "false claims of development while leaving citizens to live in miserable conditions....