As part of measures to prevent water logging in the national capital during the monsoon season, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia released the ‘Flood Control Order-2022’ on Thursday.
Sisodia stressed upon the need for all nodal agencies to work together to avoid flood-like problems in Khadar area, due to water logging and rise in water level of Yamuna river during monsoon in Delhi.
The order was also marked by the presence of Shri KR Meena - Principal Secretary cum Divisional Commissioner Revenue, and Shri Ashish Kundra - Principal Secretary, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, along with high ranking officials of concerned departments
Sisodia directed the officers that all the agencies should closely monitor the water logging sites this year and ensure that no citizen should face any inconvenience due to waterlogging related problems.
He also directed the officials to visit different areas of Delhi, identify waterlogged areas, take immediate action on them and submit a report for the same.
“The joint efforts of all the agencies had ensured that the Government could deal with the problem of water logging effectively last year as well. This time too, the revenue department and other concerned departments should be prepared to deal with situations like floods during monsoon,” said Sisodia.
In the meeting, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the concerned agencies had done a great job in tackling the problem of water logging during monsoon and got rid of the issue at many sensitive places like Minto Bridge last year.
“However, due to the unexpected rains last year, many more vulnerable areas of water logging in Delhi came to the fore. The Government has taken many steps to prevent water logging at those places,” said an official.