School bus with children trapped in Sector 53 road cave-in during heavy Gurugram rain
On Tuesday afternoon, July 7, 2026, a school bus carrying children became trapped in a road cave-in in Sector 53, Gurugram, as heavy rainfall of up to 82 mm caused widespread waterlogging and severe traffic disruptions across the city. The vehicle remained stuck in the pit for nearly an hour before sanitation workers and police personnel successfully rescued the occupants.
The incident occurred during post-school hours as the bus was dropping children home. Heavy downpours between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. brought the city to a standstill. In addition to Sector 53, upscale residential areas including Mayfield Gardens in Sector 51 and Ardee City in Sector 52 experienced severe waterlogging, while a newly-laid master road at Sector 102 was also flooded.
Another major road cave-in was reported at Narsinghpur on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway (NH-48), where the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) was executing pipe culvert pushing works. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) closed two lanes of the highway as a precautionary measure, forcing the traffic police to divert vehicles through the Dwarka Expressway and Southern Peripheral Road, which significantly slowed down traffic.
Flooding was also reported on Sheetla Mata Road, Civil Lines Road—affecting the area near the residences of the Gurugram Deputy Commissioner and Haryana Minister Rao Narbir Singh—and outside Medanta Hospital, Baani Square, and Hero Honda Chowk. Traffic personnel were seen wading through waterlogged stretches to minimize disruption as vehicles crawled across the city.
Residents expressed strong frustration over the recurring infrastructure failures. Chaitali Mandhotra, a resident of Ardee City, criticized the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), saying, "Thank you Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) for cleaning the funds and not the drains."
Ruchika Sethi, a resident of Nirvana Country, also questioned the lack of safe infrastructure. "Gurgaon is one of the country’s biggest revenue generators, yet it is being viewed only as an investment destination, without matching investment in safe, functional infrastructure," she said.
In response, civic agencies claimed that waterlogging was minimal and rainwater cleared smoothly in many areas. An MCG spokesperson stated that engineering wings, sanitation teams, and field staff deployed tractor-mounted pumps, de-watering pumps, and suction tankers to clear the water. Meanwhile, a GMDA spokesperson acknowledged temporary water accumulation on Sheetla Mata Road and the Mayfield Gardens–Sispal Vihar stretch, adding that engineering teams were deployed for flood relief operations.
