Gurugram, Oct. 2 -- All pending sewage and drainage cleaning and repair works in the city will be completed between 31 December 2025 and April 2026, Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) commissioner Pradeep Dahiya has announced. The aim is to ensure relief from recurring waterlogging before the onset of the next monsoon. On Tuesday, Dahiya was chairing a review meeting of the Sewerage Management Cell, where he directed officials to provide permanent solutions to sewage issues in at least 40 identified problem areas across Gurugram. "Our aim is to ensure that no resident faces the nightmare of overflowing sewage or waterlogging during rains. The works must start by December and be completed by April," he said. The announcement comes weeks after heavy rains last month flooded homes and offices, swallowed long stretches of roads, cars, and trapped commuters in traffic jams for hours, forcing thousands to wade through knee-high levels of water, in some places contaminated by sewage and garbage. The crisis put a spotlight on the city's inability to absorb rain water, mainly because of rapid unplanned urbanisation as well as neglect of current civic infrastructure. Under the MCG plan, areas such as Saraswati Enclave, Khandsa, Basai, Naharpur Rupa, Indira Colony, Narsinghpur, Mohammadpur Jharsa, Begumpur Khatola,Medawas, Nurpur Mod, Badshahpur, New Colony, Devilal Colony, Bhawani Enclave, Jharsa, Islampur, Shivaji Nagar, Laxmi Garden, Sector 40, Rajiv Colony, Sector 31, Ghata, Bandhwari, Baharampur, Chakkarpur, Kanahi, Rajendra Park, Surat Nagar, Tekchand Nagar, and Jacobpura have been prioritised. Officials said that desilting work is already underway in some locations, while, in others, the projects will begin before December 31. In Rajendra Park, Surat Nagar and Tekchand Nagar, internal sewer line cleaning had started and a tender was allotted for laying a new line up to Jahajgarh sewage treatment plant (STP), with work scheduled to start next week. Similarly, a proposal to lay a 900mm wide line up to Dhanwapur STP has been cleared. In the meantime, suction tankers are being deployed for regular dewatering. During the meeting, Dahiya also announced the formation of a committee headed by the city's chief engineer to identify points where untreated sewage was flowing into creeks or natural water bodies....