Heavy water logging on the Hero Honda chowk in Gurgaon, India, on Friday, July 29, 2016. (Photo by Manoj Kumar) Heavy water logging on the Hero Honda chowk in Gurgaon, India, on Friday, July 29, 2016. (Photo by Manoj Kumar)

The Gurgaon police on Friday morning tweeted asking people to “avoid coming to Gurgaon to avoid getting stuck in traffic due to flooding of roads”. The warning comes a day after thousands of commuters remained stuck for several hours in traffic on Thursday after heavy rain led to water-logging in many areas. For several kilometers traffic was reduced to a crawl in areas including Sohna Road, Golf Course Road as well as localities around Huda City Centre.

On some of the stretches, the cars moved only one kilometer an hour and parts of NH8 were also submerged in deep water. The problem worsened after pumping of water was stopped due to danger of the Badshahpur drain overflowing.

Gurgaon, whose name was recently changed to Gurugram, houses a number of offices, especially of multinational companies, and thousands of people travel to and from Delhi everyday. Reportedly, there were some who were stuck in the jam for more than seven hours making people take out their frustration on social media blaming the authorities and government of not adopting appropriate measures as a precaution.

The District Magistrate announced that all schools located in Gurugram will remain closed on July 29 and 30 because of the situation.

There were some who also lashed out at Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and took a dig at how he was more concerned with “renaming the place rather than improving its infrastructure”. As seen by social media reactions on Friday morning, it seems that the situation is still grim in most areas with people sharing pictures of waterlogged roads and traffick building up at the start of the day.

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View of the traffic jam near the Star Hotel, on the National Highway 48, passing through Gurugram. View of the traffic jam near the Star Hotel, on the National Highway 48, passing through Gurugram.

Here’s a look at some of the reactions:

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People coming to Gurgaon from Delhi are advised to stay back today to avoid being stuck in Traffic Jams due to flooding on roads. — Gurgaon Police (@gurgaonpolice) July 29, 2016

People coming to Gurgaon from Delhi are advised to stay back today to avoid being stuck in Traffic Jams due to flooding on roads.

Heavy traffic jam on Delhi-Jaipur highway in Gurugram due to water logging following heavy downpour pic.twitter.com/wCeGeFvGRW — ANI (@ANI_news) July 29, 2016

Heavy traffic jam on Delhi-Jaipur highway in Gurugram due to water logging following heavy downpour

People carry some music, a blanket, some scotch & chakna while you take the drive today in #Gurgaon . Adventure. pic.twitter.com/60ar1cWSw7 — Nikhil Kaul (@iNiks) July 29, 2016

One is Amsterdam other is #Gurgaon . We are so cool and better , free of cost adventure. pic.twitter.com/e4RT0uNOcd — Nikhil Kaul (@iNiks) July 29, 2016

This is #Gurgaon the millennium city! @mlkhattar ji what do you have to say? pic.twitter.com/wlcKXaPlox — R (@happy_default) July 29, 2016

@mlkhattar what have you done for #gurgaon apart from the fancy name change?? Do you deserve to be a CM ?? #Gurujam pic.twitter.com/ut4kg8YfSH — What’s Up Gurgaon (@whatsupgurgaon) July 29, 2016

Many schools in the city closed. Immense confusion over orders on School closure #Gurgaon — Shubhra pant (@Shubhrapant_TOI) July 29, 2016

Govt officials are planning to watch Mohenjo daro to learn better drain mgmt #Gurugram pic.twitter.com/zGG8qsmAKw — ABHISHEK KUMAR (@abhinitrpr) July 29, 2016

Reportedly, there is also some confusion over the orders for closure of schools. Some of the students who reached schools on Friday morning were being sent back to their homes.

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