In a bid to deal with the waterlogging situation across Gurugram, the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) flood control office, set up an Integrated Control & Command Centre (ICCC) in GMDA, where officers from the technical engineering wings of the GMDA and the MCG along with police teams will monitor the water logging situation in the city.
According to GMDA officials, this set-up will be in action from June onwards for three months and will take forward the citizen complaints about remedial action.
Officials said necessary arrangements are being taken to keep Gurugram roads free of waterlogging and incidents of water accumulation in the monsoons will be taken up on priority by all the organisa Cops find Vijay Goel’s phone, arrest snatchertions concerned.
Meanwhile, chairing a review meeting to assess the city’s preparedness for the ensuing monsoon, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), GMDA, Sudhir Rajpal addressed key issues with officials of various Government bodies and highlighted the need to take adequate measures to ensure commuters and citizens in the city face no hardships due to the rains. The meeting was also joined by the concerned department officials and over 30 such locations were revisited and reviewed in the meeting.
“We aim to take effective steps well in time before the monsoon season is upon us. There has been much progress in the areas where waterlogging in the past has been of concern and these will again be re-inspected. Projects involving various government and private institutions are all being monitored and suitable remedial actions are being taken to curb waterlogging woes on Gurugram roads,” said Rajpal.
Some of the crucial areas of discussion were dewatering arrangement of NH-48 near Narsinghpur, waterlogging at Mini Secretariat, Hero Honda Chowk, Golf Course Road, Sheetla Mata Road among others. Suitable action plans were proposed and a time-frame for completion was set before the onset of the monsoons.
Accumulation of water at the service road in Narsingpura along the Delhi Jaipur highway has been a major issue in monsoons. It has been proposed to add another high-power pump with a larger capacity and create a Sump for water collection to provide temporary relief that can be adopted to minimise waterlogging at this critical junction, till the permanent solution of making a master drain alongside CPR & Cloverleaf is executed.
To rectify the waterlogging issue occurring at the low-lying area of the Laxman Vihar-Sector 4 dividing road near Surya Vihar, CEO GMDA has directed the Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG) to start work on building a ‘kacha naala’ till the permanent civil work is completed.
MCG is in concurrence with GMDA for the timelines established. Waterlogging concerns on Mata Road will also be looked into by MCG.
To curb waterlogging issue at Umang Bhardwaj Chowk, NHAI has been assigned to look into the matter on priority by creating the master drain first, ahead of the upgradation and widening of the roads which is underway on this stretch.
“Keeping in view of the past events of waterlogging in underpasses in the city, prior arrangements are being made to address the issue and mock drills will also be done in the month of May,” added Rajpal.
