With Monsoon showers in full bloom, the city is facing a threat of choked drains. Waterlogged streets and overflowing drains are a common sight these days .
People are complaining against the attitude of the local civic bodies. “Rains have started lashing the city but heaps of garbage and filth lie unattended in our locality and there is no one to listen. A drain is overflowing nearby our complex though I went to lodge a complaint at Jugsalai Municipality but despite assurances the situation remains the same. The stink and unhygienic atmosphere bothers commuters, especially pedestrians using footpaths along the roads,” noted a resident of Jugsalai.
The drain passing through Refugee Colony in Golmuri has also turned into a dumping yard. The drain has water flowing from Tata Steel works and comes under the command area of JNAC.
“The situation in our area is pathetic. I have noted that the cleaning work has been done in a hurry and heaps of garbage have left unattended leading to threat of clogging of drains again and spread of diseases,” said a local and Sakchi-based businessman.
Moreover areas like Birsanagar, Baridih Bustee, Carriage Colony and at certain places in Govindpur where people live in bustees in a great number drainage or sewerage system have gone haywire.
An official of Jugsalai Municipality on the condition of anonymity said that lack of adequate manpower and infrastructure are posing hurdles. “ The lockdown in wake of pandemic COVID-19 also led to delay in cleaning of the drains. We have pressed services of private vendors. Things will improve in the next few days,” he said.
City based Dr U K Srivastava said cleanliness is the need of the hour. “We need to understand that mosquitoes that carry the virus of dengue do not come from outside, rather they generate from the household things like flower-pots, coolers water, rejected tyre kept on the roof top or in the corner of the garden.
So, we must ensure that there is no such place where water is stagnant for sometime”.