The Delhi Government issued a notice to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) over the waterlogging at the AIIMS flyover and Sarita Vihar underpass, Tuesday.
The notice has been issued under section 133 CrPC by Joginder Singh, Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM), Sarita Vihar and Neeraj Aggarwal, SDM, Defence colony to both the construction agencies to ensure removal of debris and other obstructions within 24 hours and submission of progress report to concerned authorities. Section 133 CrPC empowers the magistrate/SDM to take all relevant action for removal of nuisance and order prosecution in case of non-compliance.
Due to excessive rain in the past two days, people in the city faced hardship in commuting on the AIIMS-INA stretch and the Jasola-Sarita Vihar stretch. Meanwhile, civic agencies including the Public Work Department (PWD) and Municipal Corporations blamed each other.
Issuing the notices to both the agencies, Aggarwal mentioned that it was found that the agencies have caused obstruction in drainage system in and around the vicinity of Kidwai Nagar which is causing waterlogging and blockage of traffic moment causing hardship to general public using the public roadway running in front of the construction sites.
The city on Monday witnessed heavy traffic jams due to waterlogging on several busy intersections leaving motorists stuck for hours. Several areas — Ashok Vihar, Jasola, Okhla, IIT Gate, Chelmsford Road towards Paharganj, Ring Road Sarai Kale Khan towards DND, Sarita Vihar, Defence Colony, INA, Rajghat towards ITO, Aurbindo Marg, Anand Vihar, Wazirbad — were waterlogged.