Last Updated on 01/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
Due to waterlogging in Delhi, common people are losing their lives. Due to waterlogging on the roads, Delhiites have to face heavy traffic jams. Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Shaili Oberoi has announced that the decades-old drainage system of Delhi which has deteriorated will be replaced. According to the mayor, 20-30 years old drainage system is working in Delhi. It has not been replaced for years and it has completely deteriorated. Along with this, MCD officials have also been instructed to prepare a list of damaged drainage systems and estimate the cost of replacing them.
Let us tell you that this announcement has come at a time when three UPSC students have died due to waterlogging in the basement of a coaching institute in Rajendra Nagar. In this entire matter, the High Court has also reprimanded the Municipal Corporation and has also given instructions to clean all the drains in Rajendra Nagar area and remove encroachment.
Delhi’s drainage system will be changed
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Delhi Municipal Corporation Mayor Shaili Oberoi said on Thursday that recently three children lost their lives due to waterlogging in the basement of a coaching centre in Rajendra Nagar. Monsoon is still continuing in Delhi and the problem of waterlogging is seen at many places. In view of this, some important instructions have been given to the officials.
Wherever coaching centres or libraries are running illegally in basements in Delhi, they are being sealed and this work will continue in future as well. Secondly, a case of encroachment has also come up in Rajendra Nagar. A campaign will be launched to remove encroachment from footpaths and drains across Delhi. Also, all the drains that are blocked due to encroachment will be opened. So that there is no waterlogging due to heavy rains. Portable pumps will be installed at all such points where there is a big problem of waterlogging.
Action will be taken against illegal constructions
Apart from this, the mayor said that clear instructions have been given to the MCD commissioner that all the officers and staff of the MCD will work 24 hours till the monsoon. They will be put on duty in different shifts so that an incident like Rajendra Nagar does not happen in Delhi. Apart from this, wherever there are open wires and cables in the whole of Delhi, they will be surveyed and immediate action will be taken against them in collaboration with NDPS and BSES.
Recently, a student preparing for UPSC died due to electric shock. Also, there are old barrels in many areas of Delhi, where sewer and drain water flow together. The problem of waterlogging is most common in these areas. Therefore, instructions have been given to the officials to survey these areas and take immediate action so that the problem of waterlogging can be reduced.
On Thursday, Mayor Shaili Oberoi held a meeting with Deputy Mayor Ale Iqbal as well as officials of the concerned departments. In this meeting, all the officials have been instructed to prepare a list of those drains at the ward level in Delhi which need to be improved.
MCD officers and staff will work 24 hours
In many areas of Delhi, the same old drainage system has been working for the last 20-30 years, which has not been changed for years and which has completely deteriorated. Officials have also been instructed to submit an estimate of the expenditure on each drain as per this list. Work on these works will be started soon from the Mayor’s discretionary fund so that the problem of waterlogging in Delhi can be solved and incidents like Rajendra Nagar do not happen again.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)