New Delhi, The Delhi authorities’s PWD will lay two new drainage strains forward of the monsoon to handle waterlogging within the ITO space, officers stated on Monday.
Two new drainage strains to handle waterlogging in ITO space, say Delhi PWD officers
The drains will carry extra rainwater away from waterlogging-prone spots.
A 600-millimetre pipeline might be laid from the Indraprastha Gasoline station as much as Chatt Ghat reverse the Delhi Secretariat to handle waterlogging on the Ring Street stretch close to IP Property and the ITO pink mild underneath the Indraprastha flyover.
These areas have witnessed repeated waterlogging even after mild rain in the course of the previous few years.
One other 450-millimetre pipeline might be laid from the Indraprastha police station, connecting to regulator drain No 12, to handle waterlogging on the Tilak Bridge underpass, Supreme Courtroom space and Mathura Street, the Pragati Maidan tunnel and the ITO space.
“We are laying two pipelines to address waterlogging in the area. The high-pressure pipelines will be around 600 metres in length,” a senior public works division official instructed PTI.
The PWD can be remodelling drain No 5 that runs from Azad Bhawan to IP Property. This space, residence to a number of authorities places of work, has a separate pumping station with 4 everlasting pumps. Drain No 5 has its outfall into the Yamuna underneath the Delhi Metro’s Indraprastha station.
On account of lack of correct desilting of regulator drain No 12 inflicting backflow and blocking the passage for extra rainwater, there was waterlogging on a number of events in ITO and adjoining areas final yr, the PWD officers stated.
“Both works have to be completed in two months and we have floated tenders,” the senior official stated.
The IP Property and the Ring Street areas have been waterlogged after the Might 2 rainfall, with the federal government saying they have been cleared inside just a few hours utilizing tremendous suction machines.
As a step in the direction of fixing accountability, PWD Minister Parvesh Verma has appointed assistant engineers and engineers as native in-charges for all 335 waterlogging factors recognized previously few years. They’re tasked with making certain all crucial preparations are accomplished earlier than the monsoon.