In preparation for the upcoming monsoon season, the UT municipal physique has as soon as once more spent over Rs 1.25 crore for cleansing the roads.
Chief Engineer of Municipal Corporation Shailendra Singh claimed that 85 % of the roads have been cleaned thus far.
Singh claimed that there are round 33,000 street drains within the metropolis, of which round 26,000 have been cleared.
When requested the place the quantity was spent, Singh mentioned, “We are hiring 70 extra folks to wash the roads. This quantity was spent in his wage. Throughout the 12 months, now we have solely 70 folks, however for the monsoon interval, we rent 70 extra folks. In a manner, 140 individuals are working to wash the drains of the roads.
However, residents say that spending enormous quantities of cash on cleansing the drains is a waste because the sweepers throw the rubbish collected from the streets again into the streets.
Cause of water logging within the metropolis
To take care of the issue of water logging, the Municipal Corporation spends about one crore rupees yearly on cleansing the roads. Despite this the issue persists.
“Our road lanes are designed to hold only a certain amount of rain. If rainfall exceeds that capacity, water logging occurs; But later it dries up,” Shailendra Singh advised The Indian Express.
Road lanes in sectors 1 to 30 have a capability of as much as 15 mm, whereas street lanes in sectors 30 to 35 can deal with as much as 20 mm. The folks of the southern areas can deal with solely 25 mm of rain.
“Chandigarh slopes from north to south and moreover, the lanes are designed in such a way that they cannot accommodate heavy rains. There will be waterlogging for a few minutes or hours,” Singh mentioned.
When requested why the capability of those lanes couldn’t be elevated, Singh mentioned the transfer would entail enormous expenditure and therefore it was not potential. “It is going to be very costly if we increase the capacity to accommodate 50 mm or 100 mm of rain. It rains only occasionally but upgrading the entire infrastructure would be exorbitantly expensive,” he mentioned.
Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation mentioned that the UT administration has nearly accomplished the cleansing of En-Cho and Sukhna Cho.
The quantity spent on cleansing the road has been questioned in a number of House conferences prior to now, the place members mentioned the work may have been carried out with a lot much less cash.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
