Mapusa municipality blames WRD for flooding

  • | Friday | 22nd June, 2018

At the main stream, the width of the nullah is about 3mt, while downstream the width narrows down to around 1 to 1.5mt. WRD had not desilted the nullah properly, which made matters worse,” the chief officer said.Mapusa Merchant’s Association president, Ashish Shirodkar said that the MMC chief officer was not capable of handling the situation, and his machinery was not kept on standby to attend the emergency situation during Wednesday night’s incident. In 2015, WRD had taken up reconstruction of the nullah.Madeira said in that March this year, he had written to WRD and PWD to take up the desilting of the nullah, but to no avail.“The design of the nullah is faulty, as the width of the nullah is not broad enough. Mapusa: In the wake of the unprecedented flooding at Mapusa market and Khorlim on Wednesday night, Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) will write to the North Goa district collector to direct the water resources department (WRD) to take responsibility of its duties, MMC chief officer Clen Madeira said.Incessant rains had led to heavy flooding in these two areas, with locals and traders blaming the civic body and questioning its pre-monsoon preparedness work.“The problem arose at the point where all the excess water streams converge at the main nullah, and hence it is not equipped to handle this, resulting in and the water overflowing from the gutters in the market,” Madeira said.An inspection of the flooded region was conducted by officials of MMC, WRD and the personal secretary to the chief minister on Thursday.“I will be writing to the district collector to direct WRD to perform its duties under section 33 of the National Disaster Management Act,” Madeira said.The main nullah at Mapusa originates at Khorlim, that flows downstream to Morod region, he said.

Mapusa: In the wake of the unprecedented flooding at Mapusa market and Khorlim on Wednesday night, Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) will write to the North Goa district collector to direct the water resources department (WRD) to take responsibility of its duties, MMC chief officer Clen Madeira said.Incessant rains had led to heavy flooding in these two areas, with locals and traders blaming the civic body and questioning its pre-monsoon preparedness work.“The problem arose at the point where all the excess water streams converge at the main nullah, and hence it is not equipped to handle this, resulting in and the water overflowing from the gutters in the market,” Madeira said.An inspection of the flooded region was conducted by officials of MMC, WRD and the personal secretary to the chief minister on Thursday.“I will be writing to the district collector to direct WRD to perform its duties under section 33 of the National Disaster Management Act,” Madeira said.The main nullah at Mapusa originates at Khorlim, that flows downstream to Morod region, he said. In 2015, WRD had taken up reconstruction of the nullah.Madeira said in that March this year, he had written to WRD and PWD to take up the desilting of the nullah, but to no avail.“The design of the nullah is faulty, as the width of the nullah is not broad enough. At the main stream, the width of the nullah is about 3mt, while downstream the width narrows down to around 1 to 1.5mt. WRD had not desilted the nullah properly, which made matters worse,” the chief officer said.Mapusa Merchant’s Association president, Ashish Shirodkar said that the MMC chief officer was not capable of handling the situation, and his machinery was not kept on standby to attend the emergency situation during Wednesday night’s incident.

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