India, Sept. 17 -- This year's monsoon, like many others before it, gave the residents of one of Gurugram's oldest residential colonies, Sushant Lok-1, an experience they dread but are also now resigned to. Flooded streets, broken roads, sewage blockages, traffic snarls, irregular waste collection, and frequent power cuts have become near-daily realities for thousands of families -- despite the area being home to some of the city's most high-value properties.

In several pockets, including lanes in A Block and parts of B Block, residents said they wade through waist-deep water, risking not just damage to property but their lives.

"Last year a senior resident got washed away in more than three feet of water and was admitted to a hospital ...