Gurgaon: The traffic congestion in Gurgaon eased on Saturday but a continuous downpour slowed vehicular movement on the main roads in the city which geared up to prevent recurrence of such massive traffic jams.

The jams, which on some roads had stretched for 15km, eased after prohibitory orders — which bans large gatherings and is usually reserved for troubled areas — was imposed on a key crossing for several hours.

The prohibitory orders were lifted Friday night after the situation on the roads normalised but overnight rain contributed to slow traffic movement, causing inconvenience to commuters.

Schools were also ordered to be shut for two days.

Prohibitory orders were imposed near Hero Honda Chowk in a bid to ease the congestion caused by massive traffic jams.

Meanwhile, Gurgaon Police have stationed inspector-rank officers round-the-clock at 14 crucial points on important roads to prevent the kind of massive traffic jams that paralysed the city on Thursday and Friday, said Commissioner Navdeep Singh Virk.

“Fourteen crucial points have been chosen mainly on the NH8 (Delhi-Jaipur) and NH248 (Gurgaon-Alwar) and forces deployed 24x7 for the same,” Virk said here on Saturday.

“At each point inspector-rank officers have been deployed along with police personnel as per requirement of each spot,” he said.

Virk said the police officers and other personnel will work in two shifts: from 8am to 8pm and then the 12-hour night shift.

“These duties will continue till further orders,” he said.

The crucial points include 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.

The other four points are Atul Kataria Chowk, IMT Manesar Chowk, HUDA City Centre Station and its vicinity and Sector 31 red light signal and its vicinity.

Gurgaon Police and other authorities were strongly criticised after heavy rain and waterlogging led to the worst-ever traffic jams in the city from Thursday evening to Friday evening.

Thousands of motorists were stuck for many hours on a stretch of the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway (NH8) between Rajiv Chowk and Hero Honda Chowk, going towards Jaipur.

On Friday, there was over four feet of water at Hero Honda chowk on NH 8 due to due to breaching of Badshahpur drain.

Meanwhile, a top official scotched rumours that Virk has been transferred as commissioner because he failed to tackle the traffic situation.

“The news of transfer of Commissioner of Police Virk is sheer rumour and there is no such order till now,” said R.S. Sangwan, deputy director, National Capital Region Planning Board.

Sangwan said there was currently no water on Hero Honda Chowk on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway and the drains of NHAI and Khandsa were also low on water.

He said pumps have been used to remove water at Hero Honda Chowk and NH-8.

The traffic mess also led to a blame-game in the political sphere.

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda blamed the Khattar government for the chaos.

“It is a serious situation, I went to Parliament yesterday and got to know from various journalists and other people that they were stranded for long. Who is responsible for this situation? The government could have avoided this situation,” he told reporters.

“We had completed 90 per cent work on Dwarka Expressway during our tenure which would have diverted traffic. Present government could not complete remaining 10 per cent in the last two years,” he added.

Long tailbacks were witnessed in gridlocked roads in Gurgaon for the last two days due to severe waterlogging on National Highway-8 after heavy rain lashed Delhi’s satellite city, leaving thousands of commuters stranded and forcing authorities to clamp prohibitory orders.