AMC receives complains of waterlogged roads from 36 areas, uneven roads hampers traffic movement in the city
Overnight rains in the city has uprooted at least 183 trees and caused waterlogging at 36 areas according to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's report. Heavy rains accompainied by high winds also caused a hoarding to collapse. Road cave-ins were also reported at many places.
Rains began at night and continued till morning. The city received 28.92 mm rains in 24 hours ending at 4 pm on Monday, raising total seasonal rain to 100.58 mm. However, waterlogged roads caused inconvenience to the citizens in the morning hours. According to a statement by AMC, the overflow of drainage lines hampered the movement near Nirnaynagar underpass. The repair work of the broad gauge was being carried out by the railways. An advertisement hoarding at Vraj Complex in near Anandnagar too collapsed at midnight. No casualty was reported.
The destruction once again exposed AMC's planning and preparedness of monsoon, alleged Congress. "If people have to face so much hardships in an overnight rain, then the situation will only worsen in case of heavy rainfall in the coming days. State government's instruction to not to carry out civic works, especially digging of the roads, post May have not been adhered to. Also post the digging, the roads are unevenly levelled, causing cave-ins. This is nothing but gross negligence on the part of AMC," said Dinesh Sharma, leader of the opposition in AMC.
(Heavy rainfall disrupts normal life in Ahmedabad. Uprooted trees, waterlogged roads and a hoarding collapse caused inconvenience to the citizens on Monday - Pravin Indrekar)
Amul Bhatt, chairman of the Standing Committee of AMC claimed that the pre-monsoon action plan by AMC is a success. "Water is being pumped out of all the low-lying places. We are monitering the situation round the clock through more than 350 cameras, which enable us to respond faster," he said.
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