Chennai: Immediately after December 2015 floods, errors for destruction caused by encroachment in the body of water, blocks in large channels, lack of storm waterways in many places and the absence of data in critical territory.
Nearly six years later, after heavy rains caused almost similar destruction, the question was whether Greater Chennai Corporation was better prepared to face the crisis.
Experts say city administration does better, but population, which must bear the burden of natural anger, feel the opposite.
They said the corporation built drains more than 900 km since 2018, but when it was important, some were blocked and some connected with those on a high road like near the ring road in North Chennai didn’t work.
In the middle area, the disposal of debris for the work of the canal repair of mambalam canal right in front of the rainy season causes disasters, while in the southern lake filled during the Southwest Monsun overflowing, flooding the house and all regions.
Since May, a senior corporate official tells the Toi, a lot of rubbish and debris is removed from the side of the road and slum.
The Civic Body de-silted 900km of 2,500 km draining, de-soed 30,000 catchpits.
New waterways are built in Velachery, Nandanam and other areas and the response system is also applied.
This, he claimed, helped keep water from a large bus route road.
However, the residents said, some areas are under 3-5 feet of water.
KK Nagar, Alwarpet Bag, Velachery, Ashok Nagar, Kilpukuk, Subramania Puram and Aziz Nagar in Kodambakkam, Pulianthope, Broadway, Choola, and Madipakkam are all declared at high risk in 2019 and the details with capacity carrying enough.
submitted to civilian bodies by experts.
However, in these areas making disposal did not occur in the last five years.
“We have sent a proposal.
This will be completed in a year,” said an official.
Another reason for flooding, officials said, is that 7 November rain has flooded the main areas.
Rain this week only causes more chaos.
M V Ramanamooorthy, director of the National Coastal Center, said there was a lot of improvement in the system.
“In 2015, we were not ready for heavy rain.
Previously, we used to distribute rainfall for two months.
Now, the whole rainfall is accepted within a few days.
It is difficult for every city to accommodate this much water.
Administration has done many things by cleaning up Many congestion.
However, a comprehensive plan for the entire city is needed because in the future more events like that often occur, “he said.