Gurugram police to keep 12–20 buses ready for students stranded by waterlogging

Gurugram Police will keep 12 to 20 buses on standby during waterlogging to ferry school students whose buses are stuck on flooded roads.

Police Commissioner Sibash Kabiraj issued the directions as part of an emergency-response plan covering rain, waterlogging, fire incidents and other disasters. Every police station has been asked to prepare its own response plan.

The measure follows flooding at Subhash Chowk on Sohna Road on August 24, when at least 14 private school buses carrying children home were stranded for four to six hours after heavy rain.

Police said their high-floor buses have greater ground clearance and larger tyres than many school buses, making them better suited to cross waterlogged stretches. The force plans to coordinate with schools and the district administration to identify stranded students and send buses where needed.

The district administration had earlier asked traffic police to share real-time information on waterlogged routes with schools, while Haryana Roadways was asked to earmark spare buses.