India, July 8 -- The season's first spell of monsoon rain brought Gurugram to a near standstill on Wednesday, with widespread waterlogging triggering long traffic snarls across major arterial roads and leaving thousands of office-goers and daily commuters stranded during the morning rush hour.

Several stretches across the city remained inundated even after overnight rainfall, disrupting vehicular movement on key roads, including IFFCO Chowk, the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (NH-48), Golf Course Road, Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Cyber City and Udyog Vihar. Slow-moving traffic and bottlenecks were reported from multiple intersections as vehicles navigated waterlogged roads.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for Guru...