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Time of India
08-07-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Border flooded, but not for rain: No drain at Kapashera, GMDA's plan still on paper
Gurgaon: Every monsoon, Gunja Devi braces herself for the daily challenge at the Delhi border. As she nears the submerged junction at Kapashera, she carefully hops from one broken pavement slab to another, trying to avoid stepping into the ankle-deep, murky water spread across the road. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Sometimes, she makes it across. Sometimes, she slips. "There's no way to tell how deep the water is. The water looks shallow, but you never know. Sometimes, it even smells of sewer. We also need to be mindful of electric cables. Who wants to walk through that? But we have a job to do," said Gunja, a domestic help, who lives in Delhi's Kapashera. For thousands of commuters and office-goers in Udyog Vihar, be it pedestrians or motorists, who pass through this stretch daily, the story is the same. Every year during this time, the stretch of the Delhi-Gurgaon border near Kapashera gets severe waterlogging, with no drainage solution in sight. The area acts as a natural depression, collecting runoff from Kapashera in Delhi and Dundahera in Gurgaon, and becomes virtually impassable during heavy downpours. The Old Delhi-Gurgaon Road is key to getting to Udyog Vihar, where scores of businesses and companies employ thousands. Many pedestrians are often seen hopping across broken pavements or risking a slippery walk along the edge of the submerged road. "This happens every year during monsoon. It is impossible to judge the depth when the road is flooded and many motorists lose their balance here. The authorities should have fixed this years ago," said Prakash Yadav, a daily commuter who crosses the border every day on his two-wheeler. The city buses also stop at the border and passengers are forced to walk through the waterlogged roads to board the public transport. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now In 2022, GMDA proposed a 1km drainage-cum-footpath along with a cycle track between Hanuman Chowk and the Delhi-Gurgaon border, aimed at addressing the recurring waterlogging in the area. An estimate of Rs 4 crore was approved at the 50th GMDA core planning cell meeting. However, the project never took off. The officials have earlier cited the alignment of the proposed RRTS corridor along Old Delhi-Gurgaon Road as hindering the project. Now, even though the RRTS route has been shifted to NH8, the drainage work is still nowhere in sight. "We have been highlighting the issue multiple times, but it seems like authorities have turned a blind eye to the situation. Imagine if there is an electrocution during the monsoon. Who will be responsible?" RWA president of Surya Vihar Rajesh Gera said. He further said, "It has been three years since GMDA planned to ensure proper drainage connectivity. Yet, there is no clear timeline from authorities on drainage construction. We fear that the story will continue to repeat — unless the govt finally walks the talk on infrastructure upgrades in this perennially flooded zone." Rainwater mixed with sewer was seen stagnating near the FOB at Dundahera, leaving half of the road blocked. "There is no outlet for rainwater. Even the overflowing sewer stagnates. We have complained to civic authorities but to no avail," a resident said. A senior GMDA official, when contacted, did not give a clear timeline to address the perennial issue. "The metropolitan authority is preparing an estimate of the missing drainage link from sector 1 to sector 23 to channelise rainwater into master stormwater drains," the official said.
News18
05-07-2025
- News18
Sonam Raghuvanshi As ‘Inspiration', This Bihar Woman Killed Husband; Was In Love With ‘Phuphaji'
Gunja, who was in a relationship with her uncle for the past 15 years, executed the murder plan with his help. In what appears to be a chilling echo of the recent Meghalaya honeymoon murder case, a young woman allegedly conspired with her maternal uncle to kill her husband in old blood. As per reports, the victim, 24-year-old Priyanshu Kumar Singh, was murdered on the night of June 24 while he was returning from the railway station. Initial probe suggested a contract killing, only for the case to take a darker turn when the police found Priyanshu's wife, Gunja's involved behind it. While the incident has drawn a shocking similarity to the Meghalaya honeymoon murder, reports also suggest that Gunja had taken inspiration from the case before making the sinister murder plot against her husband. A week after getting her husband killed, Gunja had the police on her doorstep. resulting in her arrest on July 2. As per the police investigation, she had been in a relationship with Jeevan Singh, the husband of her paternal aunt, for the past several years and was forced to get married to Priyanshu, a farmer from Barwan in Aurangabad, Bihar. The suspects allegedly hired hitmen for the job and had now been booked for murder. Two other people have also been arrested in the case for assisting in the crime. At the time of the murder, Priyanshu and Gunja had been married for only 45 days. Speaking on the same, Aurangabad SP Ambrish Rahul revealed that the woman had been in an illicit relationship with her uncle for over 15 years and was reluctant to marry, but had to do it after getting pressurised by her family. Having faced difficulty in maintaining a secret affair after marriage, she allegedly started plotting her husband's murder. Gunja orchestrated the murder with Jeevan, who arranged for contract killers with the help of two men from Jharkhand's Garhwa district. On the night of the murder, Priyanshu was returning from Varanasi when he called his wife and informed her about his location, who allegedly passed the information to the killers when they fatally shot him. Following her arrest on Wednesday, Gunja has confessed to her crime. While the two other assailants have been arrested, Jeevan Singh remains on the run. As per the Indian Express, the police also found that her uncle had broken up her previous marriage proposals, before her father arranged her wedding with the deceased. Even after their marriage, Gunja and her uncle continued communication, which led to a disturbance in their marital life. About the Author Buzz Staff A team of writers at bring you stories on what's creating the buzz on the Internet while exploring science, cricket, tech, gender, Bollywood, and culture. First Published:
Indian Express
04-07-2025
- Indian Express
In Bihar, new bride arrested for murdering husband over an ‘affair' with uncle
A week after her new husband was shot dead by unidentified assailants, Gunja had unexpected guests at her doorstep. It was the police, who had come to arrest her for plotting the murder with her uncle, with whom she had been having an affair. On July 2, Gunja, 30, was arrested for the murder Priyanshu Kumar, a 31-year-old farmer from Barwan in Bihar's Aurangabad district. According to the police, she had been in a relationship with Jeevan Singh, the husband of her paternal aunt, for a few years and had been forced into a marriage with Priyanshu. The suspects Gunja and Singh had allegedly hired hitmen for the job and have been booked for murder under the BNS. Two other people have been arrested in the case but Singh is currently on the run, police said. At the time of the murder, Priyanshu and Gunja had been married for only 45 days. According to the police, Priyanshu Kumar had been on his way back from visiting a cousin at Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district when he was killed about 1 km away from Lembokhap village on June 24. He was riding a motorcycle back home from Nabinagar police station with two of his friends when the shooting occurred. 'Around 7:30 in the evening, unidentified assailants opened fire on him on the road,' his younger brother Himanshu said, adding that until her arrest, the family had been unaware of her involvement. Priyanshu was immediately taken to the Referral Hospital in Nabinagar but died during treatment. A week later, a special investigation team looking into the case arrested Gunja, who the police claim 'had an illicit relationship with her uncle'. 'During investigation, the SIT found that her uncle had previously broken off several of Gunja's marriage proposals,' said Aurangabad SP Ambrish Rahul. 'Eventually, her father arranged her marriage with the deceased. But even after the wedding, Gunja and her uncle continued to communicate frequently, which led to disturbances in her marital life. Gunja and her uncle then decided to have Priyanshu killed'. It was Jeevan Singh who allegedly hired the hitmen after Gunja provided him with her husband's travel plans. Meanwhile, two other suspects in the case — Jayashankar Chaubey and Mukesh Sharma – allegedly provided SIM cards to the shooters. 'During interrogation, Gunja confessed to her involvement, stating that she had been in a relationship with her uncle for fifteen years and was unhappy with her marriage,' he said. 'All three accused have been remanded to judicial custody, while efforts are ongoing to arrest Jeevan Singh and other absconding suspects.'
