Kolkata: Keen to ensure that the rain does not play spoilsport during the biggest festival this year, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has adopted a few steps to ensure the puja durga celebration is not disturbed by a non-consulting shower.
With the regional meteorological department at Alipore predicted rain from Ashtami, the KMC drainage department had placed the borough sewer gang with high alert.
According to an official of the KMC drainage department, the De-She Stude Geng-gang defecating has been asked to check the holes and gully holes in the traditional water pocket and drain drain cleaners so that storm water recedes quickly in the rainy event during the puash.
Armed with a sewer cleaning machine such as jettingcum-suction and gully-pit Empier, the gang has begun to eliminate blockages in the gutter line, especially in areas where people flock to see a pandal.
“We have completed the sewer cleaning training round in areas that are vulnerable to water and lowlands.
However, the sewer cleaning gang has been asked to check the condition of the large brick sewing line in areas throughout the city, especially in areas where people can gather in number Great interested in a large budget pujas, “said Tarak Singh, a member at the KMC Board Administrator overseeing sewerage and the Civic Body Drainage Department.
In addition, special drain cleaning gangs will be stored at Stand-by at the Civic headquarters.
In terms of civil body observing unusual puddles on one of the main roads, this gang will be sent to check the reason for the water on the location and take steps to minimize suffering.
According to sources, the civic body sewer cleaning gang mostly concentrates on Chittaranjan Avenue, APC Roy Road, Bidhan Sarani, Bagbazar Street, Vivekananda Road, College Street, Ultangga Main Road, Buyaghata Main Road, Maniktala Main Road, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road, Karl Marx Sarani (Kidderpore), Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Garahat Road among other major highways that lead to a large budget of the city and award-winning pujas.
“Our team does a round of regions adjacent to the crowd of attractive city pujas checking the condition of the got and sewers,” Singh said.
For residents of Behala, Park Reach, Tollygunge, Jadavpur, and a large area of ​​bypass, the KMC drainage department has arranged a heavy duty pump that will enable the personnel of the Civic Body Drainage to remove storm water from low regions of local plain areas.
“Taking a signal from Bootloogging recently in these areas, we have taken steps in advance,” KMC official said.