AdvertisementIt rains heavily, roads get flooded, traffic comes to a standstill, pictures and videos go viral, politicians visit affected areas, officials make statements, meetings are called, and promises are made. Yet every monsoon, a few hours of rain can expose how fragile the city’s basic infrastructure still is. We have managed to create world-class office buildings, luxury residential complexes, malls, restaurants and private infrastructure, but we still struggle with basic drainage, roads, traffic management, sewage, footpaths and public infrastructure. Gurgaon should easily be one of India’s showcase cities; it has the companies, talent, capital, entrepreneurship and ambition. We don’t need to build another Gurgaon; we need to make the Gurgaon we already built actually work.