New Delhi: The Lieutenant Governor and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took a vital overview assembly on Monday on the drainage system of Delhi, whereby the involved departments gave displays on the works and initiatives that they had undertaken within the metropolis.
The CM expressed his appreciation for a way the state of affairs had been dealt with at current and known as for enhancing town’s drainage system to make it world class. He additionally appreciated the officers for curbing water-logging on the Minto Bridge, an in any other case water-logging hotspot of town.
Besides the Chief Minister, PWD Minister Satyendar Jain, Chief Secretary and numerous officers from their involved departments had been additionally current within the assembly.
Chief Minister Kejriwal mentioned, “I am pleased with the work done by our agencies, and we can see the proof of their work at Minto Bridge. There’s a folklore-benchmark in Delhi, it is said that the day Minto Bridge gets waterlogged, that day marks the onset of the monsoons. Minto Bridge this time is the talk of the town. Our officers and engineers gave their best towards ensuring the Minto Bridge does not get waterlogged. I am not saying so. The people of Delhi are.”
“I want to congratulate all the officers and engineers. Their work at the Minto Bridge has proven that we have the capacity to curb water-logging at all the vulnerable points where water gets logged in Delhi. We know of 147 such vulnerable points. If we conduct extensive mapping, we can enlist all possible vulnerable points. If solutions for all vulnerable points are planned and worked towards like the Minto Bridge, then we can bring Delhi freedom from water-logging,” he added.
The CM known as for enhancing town’s drainage system and mentioned, “Delhi, being the national capital, should have the best designed drainage system on offer, which unfortunately we do not have. There are a lot of places in Delhi where drains of the Jal Board and the MCD converge and there is no coordination between them. I would like to suggest that PWD acts as the nodal authority and undertakes an exercise to redesign Delhi’s drainage system. If an excellent design is in place and all the agencies can work together on it, then we can implement it.”
“Once such a system is in place, we would only require de-silting it once a year and the drainage system will be free of liability. So we should work on that prospect. We need to also popularise our grievance helpline numbers with the people of the city,” the CM added.
The CM additionally took to Twitter to share his imaginative and prescient with the general public. “Conducted a review meeting with PWD, MCD, DJB, I&FC chaired by the LG on the drainage system of Delhi in view of the monsoons. Will implement a system like Minto Bridge at other vulnerable points. Drains and sewers will be regularly cleaned. Will make a world-class drainage system in Delhi”, the tweet learn.
PWD Minister Satyendar Jain requested the companies to be totally ready for combating any issues that could possibly be confronted and mentioned, “In the next three days we are going to have excess rainfall, so we need to be fully prepared to handle the situation. We not only have to be alert during the day but extra alert during the night; we have over 1500 pump sets we should deploy them all.”
“Our officers and engineers across departments need to be available and alert 24×7 because the next few days are going to need more attention,” he added.
