Incessant rains this season brought the city to a standstill several times as water flooded not just the streets and railway tracks, but also residential and commercial estates.
While coping with floods have become a yearly battle for the city of dreams, the civic body is always held at fault for being ill-prepared to handle the situation that recurs every monsoon. However, with rampant dumping clogging drains and contributing to waterlogging after a heavy downpour, the citizens have contributed to flooding as much.
Cleaning of drains does not only involve desilting. Our drains are filled to the brim with construction debris and household junk. Recently, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) found items like table and chair pieces, bamboos, big boxes, mats, tires, sponges and plastics while cleaning of drain-gutters across the city. They are the reasons behind choke-ups in drainage grid that ultimately leads to waterlogging.
Incessant rains this season brought the city to a standstill several times as water flooded not just the streets and railway tracks, but also residential and commercial estates. Water accumulated due poor stormwater drainage system, and the blame squarely falls on the civic body. However, the civic authorities were quick to point the finger of blame at loads of debris, some floating and some at rest, in the gutters and sewers disposed of by citizens. What should be disposed of at garbage collection sites, are being rid off at rivers and nullahs.
Finger Of Blame
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| Citizens treat nullahs as a dumping ground. Our drains are filled to the brim with junk like pieces of table and chair, bamboos, boxes, mats, plastics, etc |
According to the BMC, clogged drains have broadened prospects of waterlogging at Kurla, Powai, Ghatkopar, Malad, Bandra, Santacruz, and other areas.
Figures based on a report on BMC's desilting efforts of Mithi river and major nallas till September 1 reveal that last year, the civic body completed 70% of desilting work pre-monsoon, 15% during monsoon and the rest 15%will be done after monsoon. During the cleanup, it had pulled out debris of around 25,616 metric tons.
Asking the citizens to be more conscientious, the BMC said that people should understand their responsibility towards the city and fulfil them before pointing at others.
—Zee Media Newsroom
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