Gurugram: Thousands of people stranded on NH-8; Nitin Gadkari directs NHAI to send help

Gurugram: Thousands of people stranded on NH-8; Nitin Gadkari directs NHAI to send help

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has spoken to NHAI Chairman and directed him to send team of officials to NH8 immediately. Thousands of office goers and other commuters were on Friday stranded in Gurugram as heavy rains led to waterlogging on National Highway-8 causing massive traffic jams, forcing authorities to shut down schools in Delhi's satellite city while some offices too declared it an off.

CM Manohar Lal Khattar has been forced to cancel his visit to the city as his chopper failed to take off due to bad weather, says NDTV.

DS Dhesi,Haryana Chief Secy has said that the crisis management committee held a meeting on this, truck movement regulated. He said that Hero Honda Chowk is being cleared and traffic is moving slowly.