India, July 10 -- Overnight heavy rainfall in Gurugram led to severe waterlogging on Wednesday with residents bearing the brunt of the downpour on Thursday morning.

There was almost a five-hour gridlock caused by waterlogging in key stretches of Gurugram.

Many schools in the city declared online classes for the day, while several private offices instructed employees to work from home due to the deteriorating conditions.

The worst hit stretches to avoid are MG Road, Sohna Road, Golf Course Extension Road, Gurugram-Faridabad Road, Southern Peripheral Road (SPR) , Sector 10, Stretch between Hero Honda Chowk and Subhash Chowk.

Sheetla Mata Road towards Sector 14 and stretch from Palam Vihar to Kapashera border started to witness traffic c...