Gurgaon: The continuing waterlogging the city confronts each monsoon may have addressed to a point, together with the GMDA getting a 231sqm plot near Old Khandsa Road to greatly increase the ability of Badshapur drain in this place from 800 cusecs into 2,300 cusecs.
This bottleneck, that had remained open for several decades, is an important element in regular flood of different vulnerable and non invasive areas of the city.
Badshapur drain, that will be approximately 26km long, begins from Ghata village also can be attached to Najafgarh drain through Vatika Chowk, Old Khandsa Road and Sector 99.
“The complete potential of Badshapur drain was raised to 2,300 cusecs, except to get an 33m stretch nearby Seema Engineering Works on Old Khandsa Road.
Just on this aspect, the breadth of this drain boils down to a single channel rather than three, thanks to that its drainage capacity is 800 cusecs,” GMDA primary engineer Pradeep Kumar explained.
He added,”Acquisition of a 33m long and 7m wide storyline for the Growing of this post had been pending in court” GMDA officials stated CEO Sudhir Rajpal composed about the deputy commissioner a month to purchase structure of this section of the drain below the Disaster Management Act, 2005, after the latter deputy commissioner issued an arrangement to have it assembled in the larger public interest in using the plot.
“The purchase was contested by the landowner from the large court demanding a live.
On the other hand, the court permitted ownership of this property falling at the best of drain just after payment of reimbursement.
GMDA has obtained ownership of this property by paying the quantity and has also begun building,” Kumar explained.