Hubballi: Following heavy rains in twin cities, Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) prepares to handle situations such as floods and have placed an emergency team on a warning all the time at 12 zon offices.
After learning from the floods in the city two years ago where severe damage was caused by several bridges and houses close to Nalas, HDMC had begun to desilting Rajnalas in both Hubballi and Dharwad using two Hitachi provided by the company under CSR activities for.
500 hours.
Officials have identified 43 areas affected by past floods and among them, 18 has been identified very vulnerable, the source in HDMC added.
Officials have also identified community spaces to shift people in an emergency.
Commissioner HDMC Suresh Itnal said the emergency team in all zonal offices, which included health officials together with civil workers, alert.
In each Zoanl office, two exclusive emergency teams have been formed, he added.
HDMC has bought a water pump to clean the water and see the saw to cut the branches of the tree using the SDRF NDRF fund.
“Also, the team relates to officials from Hescom and other departments including firefighters to ship to shift people during an emergency,” he added.
According to sources, emergency forces have been given all the necessary equipment.
Complaints received in the control room will be submitted to the team and they will immediately respond.
Senior officials will monitor the works.
Former Corporator Ganesh Tagargunti said it was good that HDMC had formed an emergency team.
“HDMC must take Nala cleaning work on a war footing in both Hubballi and Dharwad and must try to create awareness among people living in low-lying areas, especially in addition to Indonesia and other regions in old Hubballi,” looking for flood incidents in many regions And losses reported during 2019 due to heavy rain and floods, officials have identified a total of 43 areas affected by flooding and this, 18 has been identified as a very vulnerable source, added.