Stuck In Gurgaon Traffic Daily? Haryana Wants Your Company To Let You Work From Home | Here's What To Expect

Published 15 June 2026 · local

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Stuck In Gurgaon Traffic Daily? Haryana Wants Your Company To Let You Work From Home | Here's What To Expect Published By, Edited By Last Updated: June 15, 2026, 13:14 IST The Haryana government wants private companies to let employees WFH and stagger office hours. For Gurgaon's five lakh daily commuters, the wait for action begins. Gurgaon draws nearly five lakh vehicles every day from Delhi, Faridabad, and other NCR cities. (PTI) If you dread the daily grind of Gurgaon’s infamous traffic, relief may finally be on the way. The Haryana government has urged private companies to adopt work-from-home policies and staggered office timings — a move that could change the daily lives of lakhs of corporate employees in the Millennium City. The proposal, reported by the Economic Times, is part of a broader set of austerity measures being pushed by the state government amid rising fuel prices and global supply chain disruptions. Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi issued the advisory citing the ongoing conflict in West Asia, which has pushed up fuel costs and strained India’s import bills. The state has directed its industries department to work with Nasscom, CII, and FICCI to roll out the plan — encouraging companies to allow remote work wherever feasible and introduce flexible office timings to ease peak-hour pressure on roads.

Why Is Gurgaon’s Traffic So Bad? Gurgaon sits at the heart of the NCR’s corporate ecosystem, hosting the offices of several Fortune 500 firms and major Indian companies. The city draws nearly five lakh vehicles every day from Delhi, Faridabad, and other NCR cities — and with thousands of employees converging on the same roads during rush hours, gridlock is practically guaranteed. Commutes that should take 20 minutes routinely stretch to two hours or more. The congestion is not a new problem, but rising fuel prices have made it both a logistical and a financial burden for everyday commuters. What Exactly Is The Government Proposing? According to the Economic Times report, the Haryana government wants private companies to offer WFH options to employees who do not need to be physically present at the office, and to stagger office timings for those who do come in. The idea is to spread out peak-hour traffic rather than have every employee hit the roads at the same time. The initiative is also framed as an energy conservation measure — an extension of steps already taken within government departments, including limits on official vehicle use and a push for virtual meetings over physical ones. Industry leaders have welcomed the move.