In anticipation of the upcoming monsoon, the Urban Development Department of Delhi and Minister of Irrigation and Flood Control Saurabh Bhardwaj held a meeting at the Delhi Secretariat with senior officials from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, DDA, Cantonment Board, NDMC, and PWD. The PWD Minister, Atishi, was also present at the meeting.
Senior officials attending the meeting presented reports on their departments’ preparations for the monsoon. Officials briefed the ministers on the steps taken to tackle problems anticipated during the monsoon. The departments responsible for cleaning Delhi’s drains reported on the status of their cleaning operations. The PWD officials outlined the progress of cleaning major drains under their jurisdiction and other preparations made to handle monsoon-related issues. Permanent and temporary pumps have been set up to ensure there are no waterlogging problems during the monsoon.
Officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi also presented detailed information on the drainage cleaning efforts in the areas under their jurisdiction to the ministers. They also outlined the locations where permanent and temporary pumps will be installed to prevent any waterlogging during the monsoon. All departments present at the meeting provided comprehensive details of the steps they have taken to address monsoon-related problems.
During the meeting, PWD Minister Atishi and Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj issued instructions to the officials of their respective ministries that wherever temporary and permanent pumps have been installed by them in the 70 assembly constituencies of Delhi, a list of the location of those pumps and the names and phone numbers of the officials operating those pumps should be prepared and made available to the MLA of that assembly. It will ensure that if a situation of waterlogging arises anywhere during the monsoon, the local MLA can talk to the official concerned and get the problem resolved with immediate effect and the public can be provided relief.
