Gurgaon’s Infrastructure Paradox: From Colonial Canals to Sewage Nallahs
Long before being a concrete jungle, Gurgaon was a land of barsati nalas (hill torrents) that, as recorded by the Geological Survey of India, flowed “imperceptibly” draining water from the Eastward hills to river Yamuna. These flash floods were rather welcome as a replenisher of the district’s jhils…