New Delhi: The Ministry of Public Works (PWD) plans to establish an underground tank with a capacity to accommodate 2.5 lakh rainwater in an effort to solve waterlogging problems in Ito near the World Health Organization Office in Ring Road.
This site is one of 147 critical points for waterlogging in the city.
Although four diesel pumps were deployed there, this stretch remained flooded for hours even after moderate rainfall.
Officials said carrying the excess runoff of rainy water remained slow because the waste treatment plant (STP) at the outfall waste line which leads to Yamuna.
According to the plan, the excess runoff will be collected in the underground tank that will be made in the green belt near the WHO office.
This water will then be released on the river.
The tender process of the underground tank is likely to be done next month.
PWD states that the bah will be built before 2022 monsoons.
In July 2020, heavy rains had caused overflowing drains near the WHO office and washed 10 Jhuggies.
At that time, the corporation of Municipal Delhi Southern and PWD had blamed the events on the walls built on the channel.
Stretch Ring Road near the numbers in the list of seven top vulnerable locations, which are directly monitored at the PWD headquarters.
PWD, in a report, states that waterlogging on this site is mainly due to the abundance of Jal Delhi’s sewers near the Indraprastha subway opposite the WHO office.
Because the area is also low, further exacerbating the problem.
As a short-term solution, routine monitoring was carried out by the field unit and PWD control room and four pumps installed tractors with a capacity of 25hp and five temporary diesel pumps were deployed there.
Of the 147 vulnerable points identified for waterlogging, the situation remains very troublesome in seven locations where PWD has introduced improvement measures such as installing CCTV cameras and sensors and redesigning waterways.
50 other important points added to the second phase where corrective steps will be taken.
The Civic body will also run these points on software made by IIT-Delhi for new drainage master plans.
PWD has spent around Rs 75 lakh in steps such as sensors, CCTV cameras, new motorcycles, and alternative sewers in the case of the Minto Bridge and around Rs 70 Lakh will be spent on Pul Prahladpur underpass.
The first phase of training in seven locations is expected to be completed in February 2022 and the second phase in December 2022.