Gurugram man drowns in pedestrian underpass after heavy rain

Gurugram, July 19 A man aged between 25 to 30 died, allegedly due to drowning in a waterlogged pedestrian underpass in Gurugram on Monday.

The underpass leads from Sohna Road towards Naharpur Rupa at Rajiv Chowk in Gurugram. The incident followed a heavy downpour in the city on Monday morning, police said.

The deceased's identity is yet to be ascertained. The police said whether the man was trying to cross the underpass on foot or in a vehicle will be clear once the rainwater is flushed out.

His body has been shifted to a mortuary wherein it will be handed over to his family after post-mortem.

"We received a call through '112' that a man had drowned in a waterlogged pedestrian underpass at Rajiv Chowk. The rescue teams took 1.30 hours to flush out the body," said R.N. Yadav, a fire department official.

Police said that the victim is suspected to have died due to drowning since no external injury marks were found on his body.

Inquest proceedings have been initiated in this regard, they said.

Gurugram received its first spell of heavy rains, which led to waterlogging in multiple locations and brought traffic to a standstill at key stretches in the city.

Several underpasses including this pedestrian underpass at Rajiv Chowk also witnessed heavy waterlogging, following several hours of heavy rains.

The Gurugram Traffic Police since morning has been posting updates on its Twitter account asking people to avoid areas where there is heavy waterlogging.

Many residents shared videos and pictures on social media of rainwater gushing into their houses and vehicles wading through waterlogged roads.

Apart from this, all the district's major roads, local roads and streets were also submerged in water. The district received a total rainfall of over 714 mm from 8 am to 5 pm. Pataudi received the highest rainfall with 240 mm, Farrukhnagar 196 mm, Wazirabad 55 mm, Sohna 53 mm and Manesar 50 mm.

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