The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Thursday announced it has allocated more than Rs 13 crore for desilting of drains under its jurisdiction for the next year. The desilting will be done in two phases at an interval of six months — June 5 and January 15.
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According to a senior MCD official, the Corporations in its budget for 2023-2024, have allocated Rs13.76 crores which will be spent across all 12 zones. The MCD has fixed June 5 for the first phase of desilting of drains and January 15 for the second phase.
“The civic body has been carrying out desilting of drains during pre monsoon period and completing the exercise by end of June every year. However, in order to combat problem of water logging, the municipal corporation has decided to carry out desilting of drains in two tranches. Now, desilting will be carried out in the months of June and January every year,” he said.
“Not only this, the corporation has decided that after completion of first phase of cleaning of drains by June 20, the citizens will be asked for their feedback or to register their complaints along with the photographs through MCD's toll free number or on MCD311 Application,” he said.
“Upon receipt of such complaint, a period of 15 days will be granted to contractor to desilt or cleanse the drains as per feedback,” he underlined.