Waterlogging haunts residents of colonies in city

  • | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

Officials claim the problem is never-ending as city lacks proper drainage system due to lack of funds. This has resulted in destruction of previous and existing lines and inefficient drainage system. Without an adequate system, the water standing in colonies and various major roads is not been able to reach the bigger drains. The water-logging problem has aggravated over the years as civic body in past constructed the roads in unplanned manner. We have registered several complaints, but municipal corporation has showed their helplessness,” he said.Even residents of posh colonies are facing same problems after rains as water is flowing into the houses in absence of proper drainage channel.

Jaipur: The civic bodies in Jaipur have not learnt lessons from the past. Like every year, many colonies in city have become pools of water as both Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) and the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) this monsoon too failed to resolve the perennial waterlogging problem.Residents of many colonies including Sanganer, Malviya Nagar and Tonk Phatak area are facing inconvenience as water is not only collected outside their houses, but also entering inside. Vikram Saini, resident of Barkat Nagar, says, “Due to the road slope, water is accumulated in front of our house. There are no proper drains and water remains collected for several days even after small rainfall. We have registered several complaints, but municipal corporation has showed their helplessness,” he said.Even residents of posh colonies are facing same problems after rains as water is flowing into the houses in absence of proper drainage channel. Officials claim the problem is never-ending as city lacks proper drainage system due to lack of funds. A senior official source at JDA’s engineering wing said, “A year ago, a proposal of Rs 3,260 crore was drawn to lay the drainage line across the city. However, the project never saw the light of the day as JDA had no funds to take up such capital intensive project.”To get rid of water-logging problem, the civic body divided the city into 19 zones. The proposal covered 11 zones of the (JMC) area and eight zones of JDA periphery. The water-logging problem has aggravated over the years as civic body in past constructed the roads in unplanned manner. This has resulted in destruction of previous and existing lines and inefficient drainage system. Without an adequate system, the water standing in colonies and various major roads is not been able to reach the bigger drains. The Amanishah Nullah, Ganda Nullah, Jawahar Nullah and Nag Talai are the bigger drains which finally meet at Dhund River.“We have constructed concrete cement roads in areas with no drainage facility. Moreover, layers have been laid on the roads without planning, which disturbed the existing drainages in many areas,” said a source.

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