Unclean drain floods Machiwara area

The capacity of this drain is about 30 cusecs while on July 2 due to 135 mm rainfall in Ropar area, this drain got more than 135 cusecs which resulted in the breach. However, unclean drain was yet another reason.

Though drainage officials maintained that its cleaning was due in next year, however, heavy growth of weeds and  silt was found even this  year as well. This was not ruled out even by the DC Rajat Aggarwal who inspected the spot on Friday.

Trees planted along the drain had also fallen in the drain thus chocking it further. Drainage department chief engineer Gurdev Singh said that villagers should not plant trees along the drains.
The DC has ordered the revenue department to  get girdawari of the affected land done so that the farmers can be compensated as per the damage.

Farmers, however, alleged that regular cleaning would have prevented this damage to a great extent. The breach plugging was on even today as well and officials told that water is likely to be drained out from the fields by Saturday.