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Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena Saturday inspected city’s chronic waterlogging sites — the Indraprastha stretch, railway underpass at Pul Prahladpur, and Minto Bridge — and instructed officials to make water drainage system foolproof.
He reviewed the long-term solutions to prevent waterlogging and flooding at these sites and said, “any negligence will be viewed seriously and action will be taken against erring officials”.
“The L-G first visited the IP-WHO stretch on Ring Road where four pumps of 100 HP (horsepower) each have been installed to clear water from roads, and store in a newly-constructed sump adjacent to Ring Road… water from sump will be channelised into the Yamuna through two underground pipelines of 650-metre length each that can carry nearly 5 lakh litres of water,” said a statement from the L-G’s office.
“The mechanism to clear waterlogging was tested successfully during heavy rains on June 30,” it said. At Pul Prahladpur, the L-G inspected the newly developed pumping station where six pumps have been installed to clear overflowing water.
The statement also said, “The L-G expressed displeasure at water drainage system developed at Minto Bridge.”
He was informed that a new underground pipeline has been installed to drain out rainwater from Minto Bridge to Bhavbhuti Marg towards the New Delhi railway station.
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