PATNA: With monsoon getting active, the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has put its field officials on alert as part of its effort to keep the city free from waterlogging this rainy season. All the sanitation inspectors have been asked to keep a vigil in their respective areas of jurisdiction and they have to assess the situation every two hours.

Pumps of all the sump houses are being made operational and there are standing orders to run the pumps in accordance with the need. If required these pumps would be run continuously too to drain out water.

"Apart from existing pumps we are keeping 20 additional high power pumps in ready position to drain out accumulated water in case it rains heavily," PMC commissioner K Senthil Kumar said on Wednesday.

Regarding water accumulation at a few places on Tuesday, including Kadamkuan locality, Kumar said that quick action was taken and the accumulated water was drained out within three hours.

The PMC has also directed field officials not to allow accumulation of garbage at any point of the city.