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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation has recovered itself astatine the receiving extremity of disapproval implicit the terrible waterlogging successful the metropolis pursuing a comparatively airy spell of rains. Opposition parties attributed the waterlogging to the nonaccomplishment successful carrying retired pre-monsoon cleaning measures properly. City residents besides gave vent to their choler connected societal media platforms, portion raising concerns astir the possibilities of flooding during monsoons.
Following the rains, stormwater gushed adjacent wrong shops successful the Pazhavangadi country and Chala Market. Commuters had to wade done knee-deep h2o to get into buses astatine the metropolis autobus presumption successful East Fort. Much of the harm was caused by the overflowing of the Amayizhanjan Canal owed to the insufficient tallness of the sidewalls successful immoderate places. The sidewalls were dismantled successful immoderate places to alteration JCBs to participate the canal and region the waste.
Mayor V.V. Rajesh maintained that the flooding was not caused owed to the drains nether the Corporation’s control. He said that the Corporation had begun pre-monsoon cleaning one-and-a-half months agone successful each the 101 wards. All the drains nether the Corporation were cleaned arsenic portion of this, helium added.
“We are not moving distant from the issue. Such waterlogging has been happening for truthful galore decades. The Corporation unsocial does not person the capable mechanics to code this issue. Major projects involving the Irrigation and different departments person to beryllium implemented to lick this. When I met the Chief Minister, I had suggested that the State authorities should intervene. The effect has been positive,” helium said.
Minister promises action
Meanwhile, Minister for Water Resources Mons Joseph said connected Sunday that the State authorities volition instrumentality contiguous enactment to resoluteness the waterlogging contented successful Thiruvananthapuram city. The State Chief Engineer of the Irrigation section has been instructed to analyse the origin of the waterlogging contented successful the superior city, particularly successful Thampanoor and Chacka, and taxable an urgent report.
He added that the Irrigation section has fixed the indispensable preliminary support to cleanable the Parvathy Puthanar and Amayizhanchan canals arsenic requested by the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. Yet, the authorities is acceptable to sermon the issues with everyone, including the Mayor.
Ministers K. Muraleedharan and C.P. John held discussions with Mr. Joseph regarding taking contiguous enactment to resoluteness the waterlogging issues successful the city. Based connected this, the authorities has decided to convene a high-level gathering successful the beingness of the 3 Ministers astatine 4 p.m. connected June 2 to analyse the contented and instrumentality the indispensable remedial measures.
