Persistent heavy rain have caused widespread disruption in India's major cities and severe floods in the rugged northeast have killed at least 12, the government said on Friday. 
 
About 50,000 from southern and eastern India had to be evacuated as storms pushed water levels to dangerous levels, damaging crops and causing more than 3,000 houses to collapse. 
 
Flooding, an annual problem during the monsoon season, has been worsened by crumbling civic infrastructure, clogged drains and uncontrolled urban expansion in a country with a fast-growing population of 1.3 billion.&nbsp; 
 
The rains triggered waterlogging and led to massive traffic jams in the city of Gurugram near capital New Delhi. 
 
Deputy police commissioner of Gurugram, T L Satyaprakash, had imposed prohibitory orders preventing gatherings of more than five near Hero Honda Chowk to ease the congestion as thousands of commuters were left stranded on the Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway and the National Highway-8 due to traffic jam. 
 
People vented their anger on social media after being stranded for up to 12 hours as traffic gridlock paralysed roads in the business hub of Gurugram near New Delhi. Trains were also delayed. 
 
"It took me four hours to drive 6 km (4 miles)," said Randeep Dev, a consultant at a private bank in New Delhi. "Our cities are a living hell in the monsoon." 
 
The city police said they have made detailed plans to avert a similar situation in the future. 
 
According to sources, the police force has been deployed in full strength 24*7 at 14 crucial points, mainly on the NH8 and NH-248A. 
 
"At each point, inspector rank officer have been deployed along with police personnel as per requirement of each spot," said the source. 
 
The fourteen points where the police personnel have been deployed are Hero Honda Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Jharsa Chowk, Signature Tower Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Shankar Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Golf Course Extension Road intersection on Sohna Road, Main Chowk in Sohna, Maharana Pratap Chowk, Atul Kataria Chowk, IMT Manesar Chowk, HUDA City Center Station and its vicinity in all directions and Sector 31 red light. 
 
With major arterial roads leading to Gurgaon, including the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway and the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, witnessing massive traffic jams, leaving commuters stranded for hours, transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Raghav Chandra to immediately send a team of officials to clear NH-8.&nbsp; 
 
Tracts of the southern technology hub of Bengaluru and the financial capital of Mumbai on the west coast were inundated by flood waters and sewage swirled in the streets. 
 
Fire officials in Bengaluru used boats to rescue people stranded near Electronics City which is home to technology firms and multinationals such as Infosys. 
 
Forecasters warned of a new round of heavy rains and flooding, as the government opened shelters and stepped up emergency rescue operations. 
 
(Agencies) 
 
 
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Deputy police commissioner of Gurugram had imposed prohibitory orders to ease traffc congestion as thousands were left stranded

Persistent heavy rain have caused widespread disruption in India's major cities and severe floods in the rugged northeast have killed at least 12, the government said on Friday. About 50,000 from southern and eastern India had to be evacuated as storms pushed water levels to dangerous levels, damaging crops and causing more than 3,000 houses to collapse. Flooding, an annual problem during the monsoon season, has been worsened by crumbling civic infrastructure, clogged drains and uncontrolled urban expansion in a country with a fast-growing population of 1.3 billion. The rains triggered waterlogging and led to massive traffic jams in the city of Gurugram near capital New Delhi. Deputy police commissioner of Gurugram, T L Satyaprakash, had imposed prohibitory orders preventing gatherings of more than five near Hero Honda Chowk to ease the congestion as thousands of commuters were left stranded on the Gurgaon-Delhi Expressway and the National Highway-8 due to traffic jam. People vented their anger on social media after being stranded for up to 12 hours as traffic gridlock paralysed roads in the business hub of Gurugram near New Delhi. Trains were also delayed. "It took me four hours to drive 6 km (4 miles)," said Randeep Dev, a consultant at a private bank in New Delhi. "Our cities are a living hell in the monsoon." The city police said they have made detailed plans to avert a similar situation in the future. According to sources, the police force has been deployed in full strength 24*7 at 14 crucial points, mainly on the NH8 and NH-248A. "At each point, inspector rank officer have been deployed along with police personnel as per requirement of each spot," said the source. The fourteen points where the police personnel have been deployed are Hero Honda Chowk, Rajiv Chowk, Jharsa Chowk, Signature Tower Chowk, IFFCO Chowk, Shankar Chowk, Subhash Chowk, Golf Course Extension Road intersection on Sohna Road, Main Chowk in Sohna, Maharana Pratap Chowk, Atul Kataria Chowk, IMT Manesar Chowk, HUDA City Center Station and its vicinity in all directions and Sector 31 red light. With major arterial roads leading to Gurgaon, including the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway and the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, witnessing massive traffic jams, leaving commuters stranded for hours, transport minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday directed National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) chairman Raghav Chandra to immediately send a team of officials to clear NH-8. Tracts of the southern technology hub of Bengaluru and the financial capital of Mumbai on the west coast were inundated by flood waters and sewage swirled in the streets. Fire officials in Bengaluru used boats to rescue people stranded near Electronics City which is home to technology firms and multinationals such as Infosys. Forecasters warned of a new round of heavy rains and flooding, as the government opened shelters and stepped up emergency rescue operations. (Agencies)

Police deployed in India's business hub Gurugram to manage traffic, rain continues to lash major cities

With the movie Padmaavat releasing on January 25, Section 144 -- prohibiting the assembly of more than 4 people -- has been imposed in Gurgaon.&nbsp;

The prohibitory orders will stay in place till Sunday.&nbsp;

There have been a number of protest, across the country, against the movie.&nbsp;

Four states, including Haryana, had banned the film but the bans were revoked by the Supreme Court.&nbsp;

A number of fringe groups, led by the Rajput Karni Sena, however has continued to call for &quot;people&#39;s bans&quot; on the movie.&nbsp;

&quot;Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in view of release of the &#39;Padmaavat&#39; in various cinema halls and multiplexes on January 25 as there is likelihood of law and order disturbance,&quot; PTI reported Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh as saying.&nbsp;

The prohibitory orders will stay in place till Sunday

With the movie Padmaavat releasing on January 25, Section 144 -- prohibiting the assembly of more than 4 people -- has been imposed in Gurgaon. The prohibitory orders will stay in place till Sunday. There have been a number of protest, across the country, against the movie. Four states, including Haryana, had banned the film but the bans were revoked by the Supreme Court. A number of fringe groups, led by the Rajput Karni Sena, however has continued to call for "people's bans" on the movie. "Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in view of release of the 'Padmaavat' in various cinema halls and multiplexes on January 25 as there is likelihood of law and order disturbance," PTI reported Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh as saying.

Padmaavat protests: Section 144 imposed in Gurgaon

Fearing disturbance of communal harmony in the district, the district administration of&nbsp;Udaipur suspended mobile internet services&nbsp;for 24 hours.&nbsp;

Prohibitory orders were also issued in the district as a precautionary measure.

Bhawani Singh Detha, Divisional Commissioner, Udaipur, issued the order, suspending mobile internet services for 24 hours from tonight, while Collector Vishnu Charan issued the prohibitory orders, which will be effective until further orders.

The decisions were taken following information that there was a possibility of disturbance of communal harmony in the district, due to the visit a fringe Hindutva group leader to meet people in connection with a recent gruesome killing of a migrant labourer in the neighbouring district of Rajsamand.

The decisions were taken in view of?an information that there was a possibility of disturbance of communal harmony in the district

Fearing disturbance of communal harmony in the district, the district administration of Udaipur suspended mobile internet services for 24 hours. Prohibitory orders were also issued in the district as a precautionary measure. Bhawani Singh Detha, Divisional Commissioner, Udaipur, issued the order, suspending mobile internet services for 24 hours from tonight, while Collector Vishnu Charan issued the prohibitory orders, which will be effective until further orders. The decisions were taken following information that there was a possibility of disturbance of communal harmony in the district, due to the visit a fringe Hindutva group leader to meet people in connection with a recent gruesome killing of a migrant labourer in the neighbouring district of Rajsamand.

Mobile internet services suspended, prohibitory orders issued in Udaipur

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in India&#39;s southern city of Bengaluru after violence broke out over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute. 
 
Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara said section 144 -- outlawing the assembly of more than 10 people -- had been imposed&nbsp;in Bengaluru city, Pandavapura town and four dam sites, The Hindu reports.&nbsp; 
 
The southern Indian states of Karnataka -- of which&nbsp;Bengaluru is the capital -- and Tamil&nbsp;Nadu have been embroiled in a decades-long battle over the sharing of the waters of the Cauvery river.&nbsp; 
 
At least 30 Tamil Nadu-registered vehicles were attacked in&nbsp;Karnataka, with stones pelted at them. Some vehicles were also set on fire. 
 
The violence erupted hours after India&#39;s top court ordered Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, modifying an earlier directive that the state release 15,000 cusecs by September 16. 
 
Around 200 people involved in the protests have been detained, the Indian&nbsp;Express quoted the Karnataka home minister as saying.&nbsp; 
 
Some&nbsp;15,000 policemen have been deployed in Bengaluru in the wake of the violence. 
 
Karnataka chief minister&nbsp;Siddaramaiah has also called for an emergency meeting to discuss ways to allay tensions in the state. 
 
He also wrote a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart, informing her that he is &quot;firmly committed to maintaining law and order in the state&quot;. 
 
And he chastised the protesters. &quot;For both states to live in peace, such incidents should not occur,&quot; he said. 
 
Earlier today in Chennai, the&nbsp;capital of Tamil Nadu,&nbsp;a few men attacked a hotel owned by a man from Karnataka. 
 
The dispute, which dates back to the 20th century, stems from Karnataka&#39;s refusal to share Cauvery river waters with Tamil Nadu. Karnataka&nbsp;insists the water-sharing agreement is skewed heavily in favour of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu, on the other hand,&nbsp;says it has 3,000,000 acres of land that are dependent&nbsp;on the release of Cauvery waters. 
 
(WION with inputs from agencies) 
 
 
 
 
 
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Tamil Nadu cars attacked, set on fire in Karnataka

Prohibitory orders have been imposed in India's southern city of Bengaluru after violence broke out over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute. Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara said section 144 -- outlawing the assembly of more than 10 people -- had been imposed in Bengaluru city, Pandavapura town and four dam sites, The Hindu reports. The southern Indian states of Karnataka -- of which Bengaluru is the capital -- and Tamil Nadu have been embroiled in a decades-long battle over the sharing of the waters of the Cauvery river. At least 30 Tamil Nadu-registered vehicles were attacked in Karnataka, with stones pelted at them. Some vehicles were also set on fire. The violence erupted hours after India's top court ordered Karnataka to release 12,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu, modifying an earlier directive that the state release 15,000 cusecs by September 16. Around 200 people involved in the protests have been detained, the Indian Express quoted the Karnataka home minister as saying. Some 15,000 policemen have been deployed in Bengaluru in the wake of the violence. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has also called for an emergency meeting to discuss ways to allay tensions in the state. He also wrote a letter to his Tamil Nadu counterpart, informing her that he is "firmly committed to maintaining law and order in the state". And he chastised the protesters. "For both states to live in peace, such incidents should not occur," he said. Earlier today in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, a few men attacked a hotel owned by a man from Karnataka. The dispute, which dates back to the 20th century, stems from Karnataka's refusal to share Cauvery river waters with Tamil Nadu. Karnataka insists the water-sharing agreement is skewed heavily in favour of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu, on the other hand, says it has 3,000,000 acres of land that are dependent on the release of Cauvery waters. (WION with inputs from agencies)

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