Noida’s “planned city” image took a sarcastic hit online after a woman shared a video of heavily waterlogged roads in Sector 18.The clip, posted by a woman identified as Vaishnavi, shows vehicles making their way through rainwater covering the road. From inside her car, she points out the conditions and jokes that a boat might have been a better choice.“This is the state of Sector 18. There’s so much water filled here, literally,” she says in the video. “Instead of a car, we should have brought a boat.”Bikes can be seen moving through the water, sending splashes across the road as other vehicles try to get through.Vaishnavi then takes a swipe at Noida’s reputation as a well-planned and developed city.“This is the state of ‘developed’ Noida, which people call a ‘planned city,’” she says.She shared the video on Instagram with the caption, “Noida bhi Gurgaon banta jaa raha hai kya?” – a reference to Gurugram, where waterlogging and traffic problems during heavy rain have become a familiar complaint.The video quickly attracted reactions from users, many of whom joined in with their own jokes.“Boat service coming soon,” one person commented.Another wrote, “Welcome to Venice, Noida edition.”“Planned city, unplanned drainage,” a third user quipped.Someone else added, “Noida is competing with Gurgaon now.”The clip has once again put the spotlight on a familiar monsoon problem across parts of Delhi-NCR. Heavy rain can quickly turn busy roads into difficult stretches for commuters, with waterlogging adding to traffic woes.For residents trying to get home, though, the jokes only go so far.A city may look well planned on paper, but when a few hours of rain leave major roads struggling to cope, the question of how well its drainage and civic systems actually work is hard to ignore.