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In presumption of the approaching pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons, the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) connected Thursday has directed each 5 metropolis corporations to undertake broad preparedness measures to forestall flooding and nationalist inconvenience.
Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao, successful a circular issued connected Thursday, said that the catastrophe absorption responsibilities remainder with the respective Commissioners of the metropolis corporations. He instructed officials to guarantee that each precautionary steps are completed good earlier the onset of rains.
The GBA has identified 49 flood-prone locations to beryllium addressed this year. Officials person been asked to reappraisal measures taken truthful acold and guarantee imperishable solutions are successful place. Where semipermanent fixes are pending, Chief Engineers person been directed to coordinate with the GBA’s Project Implementation Unit to code the issues. Additional Commissioners indispensable show advancement and taxable enactment taken reports, according to a merchandise by GBA.
Stormwater drain (rajakaluve) works person been prioritised, with instructions to implicit ongoing projects successful susceptible areas. Officials person besides been asked to decorativeness desilting and cleaning of roadside drains by the extremity of April, ensuring due connectivity to stormwater drains to alteration creaseless travel of rainwater, the merchandise stated.
To fortify exigency response, officials from civic bodies, BESCOM and BWSSB volition beryllium deployed successful power rooms, portion coordination with occurrence services and catastrophe effect teams has been mandated.
GBA said that peculiar teams volition besides beryllium formed to wide fallen trees and debris during rains. Among cardinal locations flagged for attraction are Panathur ‘S’ Cross, Silk Board, Madiwala, and Rajarajeshwari Nagar, which person witnessed flooding successful caller years.
