{"id":129262,"date":"2026-08-20T13:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/chandigarh-was-built-as-a-planned-city-so-why-does-it-keep-sinking-in-the-rain\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:38:10","slug":"chandigarh-was-built-as-a-planned-city-so-why-does-it-keep-sinking-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/chandigarh-was-built-as-a-planned-city-so-why-does-it-keep-sinking-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Chandigarh was built as a planned city. So why does it keep sinking in the rain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh&#8217;s planned infrastructure faces recurring monsoon flooding issues. Intense rainfall exposed vulnerabilities in various city sectors and major roads. Vehicles were stranded and markets submerged after a short, heavy downpour. The city&#8217;s drainage system appears inadequate for current rainfall intensity and urbanization. This recurring problem highlights the need for infrastructure upgrades beyond emergency responses.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chandigarh&#8217;s planned infrastructure faces recurring monsoon flooding issues. Intense rainfall exposed vulnerabilities in various city sectors and major roads. Vehicles were stranded and markets submerged after a short, heavy downpour. The city&#8217;s drainage system appears inadequate for current rainfall intensity and urbanization. This recurring problem highlights the need for infrastructure upgrades beyond emergency responses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":129263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129262"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}