When the entire city remains vigilant and the Control Room (0674-2430038) at the BMC has so far received 24 calls during last 36 hours (till the filling of the report), it has become a proven fact that blocking the drains and drainage channels with dumped solid wastes and encroachment of the water channels have emerged as two major concerns for the civic body.
On Saturday, the BMC team made the Drainage Channel No. 1 free from the thermo-cool, packing materials and polythene with which the water body was not flowing properly.
Regarding the encroachment over the natural drainage channels, the BMC surveillance team demolished a 50-foot-long boundary wall near the meeting point of Mancheswar Railway Coach Factory and VSS Nagar area adjoining the Dhirikuti Basti. The boundary wall, raised by a private individual, was blocking the flow of Drainage Channel No. 3.
Earlier, a small boundary wall was also demolished blocking the water discharge from Drainage Channel no. 2. It can be mentioned here that the Drainage Channel No. 2 and 3 are flowing in the area of Sainik School, Mancheswar and VSS Nagar and near the railway track of VSS Nagar. Both are forming a united water body and later flowing through VSS Nagar and then reaching the Gangua Nullah.
The fruit vendors and the Rs Kawadiwallas’ of Kharvel Nagar are causing a havoc for the drainage issues over the Drainage Channel No. 5, which originates from the catchment near the Gurudwara Singh Sabha. The BMC surveillance teams have gathered information on the dumping of fruit packaging materials and discarded wastes from the Kawadiwallas near the Sriya Talkies Complex.
While the Drainage Channels No. 6, 7, and 8 are running without any major issues along their banks, the Drainage Channel No. 9 has got some issues of encroachment and dumping near the Ainginia Square. A major de-silting work of the bed of Drainage Channel no. 10 was carried out near Bayababa Math lane.
While the city is generating more than 500 MT of solid waste on a single day, many are still dumping them into the nearby drains or drainage channels. “Unless we devise a unique motivational plan and convince the citizens on the bad effects of congesting the drains and drainage channels, we would face a horrible water management scenario in future,’’ said a senior BMC official.