Chandigarh, June 18 -- Even as monsoon is steadily inching towards the city, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) has yet to complete nearly one-third of its drain-cleaning work, leaving the city's staring at another season of waterlogging.

As of Tuesday, only 72% of Chandigarh's 30,452 road gullies and storm water drains - critical for clearing rainwater from roads - have been cleaned. That leaves around 8,500 gullies still clogged, even as light showers were reported on Tuesday.

Officials said only 21,808 gullies had been cleared so far, even though the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon could hit the city by the last week of June.

Progress continues to lag in several vulnerable areas, ...