Greater Chennai Corporation resumes desilting of 1.13 lakh silt catch pits across the city

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has resumed enactment connected desilting clogged silt drawback pits astatine 1.13 lakh locations in the metropolis arsenic the rainfall has abated this northeast monsoon season.

Officials are strengthening preparedness arsenic different spell of rainfall is expected by the extremity of this month. GCC workers person started cleaning the silt drawback pits on roads successful galore areas. Desilting of canals specified arsenic the Buckingham Canal and Kodungaiyur Canal is besides nether way.

As silt drawback pits on storm-water drains of arterial roads person reportedly been clogged, councillors person started demanding the GCC to cleanable the pits and clogged stretches of the storm-water drains. Residents person been requested to telephone GCC helpline 1913 to kick astir clogged drains and silt drawback pits.

Egmore ward 61 Councillor Fatima Ahmed Muzaffer said the residents astatine stretches specified arsenic Pantheon Road person demanded the GCC to resume desilting enactment of silt drawback pits and cleanable clogged storm-water drains to forestall h2o stagnation during the adjacent spell of rain. “Many of the roads person a ample fig of commercialized establishments. The pits are filled and drains clogged successful immoderate locations arsenic the discarded accumulates successful galore areas,” she said.

T.K. Shanmugham, president of the Federation of North Chennai Residents’ Welfare Associations, said the desilting had started successful Captain Cotton Canal and Buckingham Canal to amended preparedness for the adjacent spell of rain.

“In summation to desilting the silt drawback pits and cleaning of the storm-water drains, we person requested the GCC to implicit insignificant enactment connected incomplete drains. For instance, a portion of the storm-water drain successful Muthamizh Nagar 7^th Block is incomplete. The civic assemblage has installed pumps to drain water from the incomplete agelong to the Kodungaiyur Canal. If they implicit that unfinished drain, the h2o travel is expected to amended during the rain. This is an country that utilized to beryllium flooded with implicit 4 feet of water. Over 10,000 families successful areas specified arsenic Muthamizh Nagar are facing the hazard of flooding,” helium added.