Gurgaon plans 100 recharge structures before 2027 monsoon

Gurgaon is set to get about 100 rainwater-recharge structures before the 2027 monsoon, under a Haryana plan intended to reduce flooding on the city’s roads and in low-lying neighbourhoods.

Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini said the structures would have a combined capacity to recharge 25-30 crore litres of rainwater into the ground. The announcement follows waterlogging that slowed traffic across major Gurgaon roads on August 24.

Officials say harvesting wells have already been installed at most of 99 identified waterlogging points, recharging about 13,000 metric tonnes of rainwater. The programme also includes camera-based monitoring of drain desilting, work on the drain near Hero Honda Chowk, cleaning of the Lag-1, Lag-2 and Lag-3 drains after encroachment removal, and revival of Lag-4.

Check dams are being built along the Aravalli foothills to slow runoff towards the city. Haryana has also restored or reorganised 74 old ponds and water bodies.

Japanese firm Nippon Koei is surveying a long-term route that could divert excess water from Gurgaon’s low-lying areas towards the Yamuna through Nuh.