The Hindu 27.08.2009
Mayor to convene meeting to tackle water-logging
Staff Reporter
— Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma
WATER, WATER: A view of water-logged Model Town in Delhi after heavy rain on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: A day after Delhi’s Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna issued directions to the local civic bodies to devise a comprehensive strategy to combat water-logging and traffic jams in the city in the wake of every downpour, Delhi Mayor Kanwar Sain on Wednesday decided to call a meeting of senior municipal officials next week to tackle the issue.
Mr. Khanna had directed the civic bodies to work on strengthening the overall drainage system in the city, besides formulating short-term measures within a week.
Dr. Sain said: “The issue of water-logging was discussed at the meeting with the L-G on Tuesday. I will hold a meeting with senior officials next week to discuss how to resolve the problems.”
Maintaining that all the agencies were responsible for the state of drainage system in the city, the Mayor added: “We are trying our best to resolve the issue but unfortunately public perception is such that only the MCD is being blamed for all the water-logging incidents that take place in the Capital. Several localities under the jurisdiction of the New Delhi Municipal Council or areas where the Delhi Metro railway is undertaking work also get inundated during rain.”
Meanwhile, rain lashed parts of the Capital on Wednesday afternoon as well slowing down vehicular movement at several places including Bahadurshah Zafar Marg, Connaught Place and Pragati Maidan.
According to the Meteorological Department, the Capital received 4 mm of rainfall on Wednesday and the maximum temperature stood at 33 degrees Celsius, while the minimum was 26 degrees.
