Cuttack suffers waterlogging pains

Cuttack | Thursday | 24th May, 2018

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While Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) claimed full preparedness to deal with the waterlogging problem, reality proved to be different.The low lying areas in the city were the worst hit. Due to water-logging, vehicular movement was affected in Badambadi for some hours as the water was flowing over the main road. CUTTACK: Normal life was affected by heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning as most of the areas in and around the city were waterlogged. In the absence of de-siltation, the drains are clogged," Goenka said.Residents of Rovers Street, Meria Bazar, Kesharpur, Alisha Bazar too were affected. Most of the areas in the city are under water," said Arun Goenka, a resident of Buxi Bazar..