India, Jan. 24 -- Water supply was affected in several parts of the city along Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) after a 1600 mm master water pipeline got damaged and started leaking water on one of the service lane of Sohna road near Subash Chowk on Thursday, said officials on Friday.

To repair the pipeline, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) started digging the service lane on Thursday evening following which traffic slowed down on Sohna road and heavy congestion was caused near Subash Chowk till Friday afternoon.

A senior GMDA official said that they started the excavation to repair the damaged pipeline around 10 pm on Thursday and they had expected that the work would be over by early morning. "The repair work took ...