BBMP units Could 22 deadline for all works close to SWD to stop flooding
Storm water drain work in progress at Kittur Rani Chennamma flyover at Banashankari in Bengaluru.
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The town’s civic physique has set a Could 22 deadline for all businesses within the metropolis to complete civic works close to Storm Water Drains (SWDs) to stop any flooding throughout rains.
Other than ₹30 lakh allotted to every of the 225 wards for drain desilting, an extra ₹10 crore is allotted for catastrophe administration underneath Model Bengaluru. Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath has directed officers to desilt SWDs wherever crucial. He mentioned that the civic physique was additionally borrowing a mortgage from the World Financial institution to finish the concretisation of all SWDs within the metropolis as a long-term resolution.
Whereas BBMP has tackled flooding issues in 122 locations with everlasting options, the difficulty continues to fester in 74 spots. “At these 74 spots, non permanent measures are in place. Earthmovers have been deployed to clear waste, fallen branches and motors to pump out water at these spots,” Mr. Giri Nath mentioned.
In the meantime, Mr. Giri Nath mentioned at 124 spots, water-level gauging sensors had been put in. “The sensors will point out the water stage within the SWDs. These sensors had been put in with the assistance of the Karnataka State Pure Catastrophe Monitoring Centre and the Indian Institute of Science. The sensors will first alert the KSNDMC after which it is going to be knowledgeable to Built-in Commanding Management Central (ICCC) of the BBMP,” he mentioned.
The BBMP, spearheading the response to damages wrecked by rains, has fashioned 63 multi-departmental groups on the sub-divisional stage with officers from different parastatal businesses like Bengaluru Electrical energy Provide Firm (Bescom), Hearth and Emergency Companies, Forest Division, and others.
Mr. Giri Nath, who reviewed rain preparedness on Monday, mentioned there was no trigger for panic as these groups had been on standby around the clock to reply to any eventuality. He even suggested individuals to benefit from the rain as an alternative of going into panic mode.
