Bengaluru: In the wake of havoc created by the incessant rains there is a need to revive the Bengaluru urban district disaster management committee 2005 with the active support from Non Government Organisations (NGOs), said BBMP commissioner M. Lakshmi­narayan on Monday. It will help combat the emergency situation in real time, he said.

The commissioner has written a letter in this regard to the chief secretary of the state. In his maiden review meeting with the officials of various departments like revenue, engineering, health, lakes, horticulture Lakshminarayan said that all officials must work on war footing to attend to the rain related emergencies. NGOs must be roped in for the effective measures and to reach the accident spots in real time.

The engineers wing must identity the low lying areas and other flood prone areas and efforts primary attention should be give towards desilting of major and tertiary drains.

A comprehensive cleaning drive must happen,  apart from clearing plastic waste from drains and roads. Flood prone areas must be identified through other departments like BWSSB, Bescom, KPTCL, BMRCL, BDA and BMTC and necessary steps must be taken up, he added.

Financial and technical constraints must be brought to the notice of the commissioner, he said, directing concerned engineers to clear the debris and weeds in vacant sites and recover the cost of cleaning from them.