Situated next to the national capital Delhi, the corporate hub of Gurgaon is home to the swanky offices of top multinational companies, hotels and malls. Yet Gurgaon, often described as India's 'millennium city' has been brought to a standstill since yesterday due to heavy rains.

As a result of the downpour on July 28, many Gurgaon roads have been waterlogged, causing massive traffic jams and leaving commuters stranded in their vehicles for up to seven hours.

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Since Gurgaon is connected to several national highways, traffic moving towards the states of Rajasthan and Maharasthra was also affected. Local police has ordered the closure of schools on Friday and Saturday and also asked people from Delhi not to enter Gurgaon to avoid traffic jams. The flooding and traffic snarls started on July 28 and have continued today.

Twitter has been flooded with photographs and complaints of residents on city's poor infrastructure and drainage facilities. There were also numerous jokes that highlighted the irony of the crisis. Here are some of them.

Mumbai was made from seven islands.#Gurugram is slowly turning into one. pic.twitter.com/FmNgC5fPq4 — Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) July 29, 2016

Choosing to drive in Gurgaon right now be like. pic.twitter.com/rUR3n4ShWL — Shakti Shetty (@Shakti_Shetty) July 28, 2016

Kudos to #Gurugram City for successful test drives of the world's first Water Cars : pic.twitter.com/SDwlucDsUV — Rohit Sharma (@imRo45_) 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

Is Priyanka Chopra shooting Baywatch in #Gurugram yet?#DadJokes — Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) July 29, 2016

UNESCO has declared Gurgaon to be the world's largest parking lot. #GurugramTrafficJam — SamSays (@samjawed65) July 28, 2016

I think, it's about time Ola should start Ola Boat, Ola Cruise, Ola Submarine in #Gurugram.. — Swikriti (@swikritiashu) July 29, 2016