Drain closure won’t cause flooding: MCD

However,Municipal Commissioner K S Mehra assured the councillors that the closing of sluice gates was a routine precautionary exercise undertaken by the Flood Control Department to ensure that water from Yamuna does not flow into the city and cause a deluge. He added that the corporation has installed suction pumps at all the 17 points for sucking excess rainwater from the drains and pumping it back into the river.

“There is no fear of drains overflowing in the city. At eight of these points,MCD has installed 10 suction pumps each,while the Flood Control Department and DJB have made arrangements to pump out excess rainwater from the remaining nine points,” Mehra said.

According to the Flood Control Department,sluice gates of around 17 drains from Wazirabad to Mukarba Chowk have been shut to prevent Yamuna water from entering the city.

The Corporation,in the meantime,received 117 complaints of waterlogging from places across the Capital on Wednesday.

Road caves in,again
Meanwhile, a portion of Nyaya Marg caved in on Tuesday evening,making it the tenth one in the city,traffic police said on Wednesday. Also contributing to the traffic deterioration was a tree,which fell down near Race Course.

Potholes also appeared on various roads in the city,including Jor Bagh,Second Avenue,Man Singh Road,Rajpath and Teen Murti Marg.