India, Sept. 25 -- For thousands of residents of Rajendra Park in Sector 105, Gurugram, daily life has been reduced to wading through sewage, navigating broken roads, and living amid uncollected garbage. Residents say they feel "blockaded" - dreading having to step out even for routine tasks such as sending children to school, or visiting the market have become ordeals.

The colony sits along Bajghera Road, a vital connector between the Dwarka Expressway and Daultabad flyover. But instead of easing traffic, dug-up sewer lines and overflowing drains have turned the stretch into cesspools.

"In a way, we are blockaded-from sewage, from broken roads, and from garbage," said Pushpa Chopra, a resident.

The worst-hit areas include lanes linkin...