It had been closed around 8am on Tuesday.ĭuring the period when the underpass was closed, residents coming from Sector 34 had to take a right turn below the Hero Honda Chowk flyover and commuters coming from the other direction had to travel till Rajiv Chowk for taking a U-turn, as a result of which they not only had to drive an additional kilometre but also face congestion because of the increased traffic volume. Officials said that at 3am on Wednesday, rainwater was completely drained out of the underpass and 60 sanitation workers from the MCG spent the next seven hours cleaning the underpass.The two-way underpass is important for residents as it connects sectors 34, 9, 9A, 10, 10A and 37. On Monday, six other potential flood-related deaths in the Houston area were reported.
By Wednesday evening, rainwater was estimated to have receded to 10 million litres. At an interval of approximately 10 hours, officials in lifeboats measured the depth of rainwater to estimate the volume of water inside. Officials from four agencies - the GMDA, NHAI, fire department and the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) - worked in close coordination to open the underpass to traffic. “Through connected pipelines, the water was channelled to the Badshahpur drain from two points - one through the drain located along the service lane of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway at Hero Honda Chowk and another on the Sector 10 A end from the drain which is connected to Sector 34 and ends at the Badshahpur drain,” V Umashankar, chief exwecutive officer (CEO), GMDA, said.Īccording to GMDA officials, the motor pumps and fire tenders were used continuously to drain out rainwater. Milwaukee drainage tunnel search boy found dead, men still missing. Workers spent seven hours in clearing the underpass and preventing vehicles from skidding off the surface and resulting in accidents,” Lalit Arora, superintending engineer, GMDA, said.Īrora said seven fire tenders and five motor pumps were used for nearly 43 hours continuously since Tuesday morning to clear out the rainwater. from WED 7:39 PM CDT until WED 10:45 PM CDT, Dodge County, Fond Du Lac County, Sheboygan County, Washington County. “The underpass was opened to traffic around 10am after water was drained out at 3 in the morning. According to officials of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), about 50 million litres water was finally cleared from the underpass around 3am and about seven more hours were spent in cleaning the ‘muck and sediment which had settled inside the underpass.’
“Even a few inches of rain can change your vehicle’s dynamics.Hero Honda Chowk underpass opened to commuters on Thursday morning, nearly 50 hours after it was closed due to massive waterlogging on Tuesday. “If you see standing water and if you’re not sure of the depth, don’t attempt to cross it.
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The street provides access to the Bayside Manor neighborhood, about 200 homes between the railroad tracks and Highway 101.Īcosta couldn’t speak to what had happened exactly but said there was “heavy downpour that time of the morning” and “overwhelming rain.” Authorities say drivers should exercise extreme caution when road flooding happens and not attempt to drive through flooded areas. The two vehicles were next to each other in the underpass where Hillcrest goes beneath the Caltrain tracks. Their identities were not immediately released. Water rose quickly and hit a peak of about three feet, firefighters said. Once it was clear, two people were found dead in the vehicle. Rescue crews used life boats last night to get people out of their cars, stuck on the flooded Edens Expy. It took several hours to drain the flooded area, authorities said. After fire officials rescued the first pair of people, they tried to reach those in the second vehicle but weren’t able to because the water was rising too quickly and it “became dangerous” for the rescue crew, so they retreated, according to Acosta.
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