Gurugram, Jan. 30 -- Hundreds of families and commuters said they have been affected after the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) on Thursday closed a road which passed through the Badshahpur drain in Sector 99, saying it had cut them off from the Dwarka Expressway. According to residents, several cars and heavy trucks used this stretch to travel on Dwarka Expressway and Gargi Harsaru Road, were stuck after the road was closed by the authorities on Thursday noon. The situation worsened as a non-motorable revenue road in front of the under-construction Sector 99 power station near Dwarka expressway was used by a concrete truck and it got stuck while trying to cross the road. The residents of the area alleged that due to closure, and incomplete work on the revenue road, they were now being forced to use a hazardous path over the Badshahpur drain riddled with potholes, putting daily commuters at risk. Local residents alleged that hundreds of families living in condominiums such as Pareena Lakshmi Apartments, Pareena Coban Residency, Pareena Elite Express Heights, Cosmos Express Heights, and Lotus Elise are facing severe inconvenience and have raised concerns. "This path was always dangerous, but we had no choice but to use it if we wanted to reach the Dwarka Expressway," said Santosh Kumar, a resident of Sector 99A. "We have been using this stretch for almost a year. Now that GMDA has blocked it entirely, we are forced to take a longer route through Garhi Harsaru and Dhankot, adding nearly 10 kilometres to our daily travel." "This has entirely cut us off from the other sectors and from Gurugram," he said. Residents also said they are now forced to drop their children at the nearby highway, nearly two to three kilometres from their societies, as school buses are unable to enter the area. "There were cracks, and the movement of heavy vehicles only made the situation worse. It could have ended in a tragedy, like the one in Noida," said Kumar. Meanwhile, GMDA officials said that they had closed the road over the Badshahpur drain as several portions of the slab had got damaged and there was a possibility of serious accident on the temporary path. "Heavy vehicles such as dumpers, trucks and concrete trucks move on this road along with normal traffic. The slab had got damaged at several places and at one place it has also got caved in. Around 300 metres of the path has been closed to avoid any accident," said Vikram Singh executive engineer, GMDA. Singh said that he was sending a team of GMDA officials to the spot to assess the situation....