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A sinkhole also opened on a service road at IFFCO Chowk after a master sewer line collapsed. The waterlogging has been a recurring issue in the city."},{"type":"heading","text":"Divergent accounts of responsibility"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"BJP MP Rao Inderjit Singh stated that construction over old drainage routes during the Congress era is the primary reason for Gurugram's waterlogging. He told reporters that current measures are a 'band-aid' solution and that underground tunnels, similar to metro construction, should be built along old drainage paths to channel water towards the Yamuna. The Congress party responded by noting that Singh himself was a minister during periods he blamed for the city's infrastructure issues. 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