Monsoon showers have flushed away several mud anicates dams built along the riverfront and left behind large amounts of sludge when the water receded.
Tonnes of sludge lies between cemented banks of Dravyavati riverfront as it nears the inauguration.
Monsoon showers have flushed away several mud anicates dams built along the riverfront and left behind large amounts of sludge when the water receded. Its disposal remains a challenge ahead of authorities as the project is scheduled to be inaugurated by September.
“There has not been any major damage to the project, it’s mostly the temporary structures that have been breached. As far as sludge is concerned, the contractor firm will clear it out,” says an official of Jaipur Development Authority. Contractor firm is though still waiting for ‘official’ directions from the development Authority regarding clearing the canals. Meanwhile, the monsoon response teams deployed by the authority remain occupied fixing the reported damages.
Accumulation of sludge continues to increase difficulties for the development agencies. It has subjected uncompleted portions of the riverfront to unaccounted load. The pumping of stormwater has got even more difficult as sewerage water has entered the river along with rainwater.
Predictions of heavy showers in North India over next few weeks further have added concern to the timely completion of the project. Commission of sewerage treatment plants developed along the riverfront also remains affected. The project is most likely to be inaugurated with the issues pending to be fixed post the monsoon season.
The ambitious project is envisaged to revive seasonal river of Dravyavati, however, was caught with insufficient arrangements to meet the seasonal rains. Over a dozen mud structures got breached following rains along the 47 kilometer of the river length, while approach road of overbridge near Bambala also caved in due to a mudslide.
According to the officials, the rainwater management became difficult as many of the small anicuts along the riverfront remain incomplete by the onset of monsoon.
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