Ghaziabad: Traffic came to a standstill in the Meerut road busy road near the Metro station Power New Bus for nearly one and a half hour on Thursday morning after hundreds of residents held a protest against the Patel Nagar Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) on the water.
Problems in their area.
Residents regularly complain that water flows into their homes during heavy rains.
They claim the pillars have been built for Chinese corridor delhi meerut above-dumping in the area, following the GMC nod, because blocked.
Their complaints fell on deaf ears only, protesters accused.
“Drain blocked is the reason behind the waterlogging in the area.
Whenever heavy rains, water enters our homes.
The situation was depressing after rain on Wednesday.
We have asked the officials of the GMC to create other ways so that water can pass easily.
But no one has do.
Therefore, we protest, “says Varun Kumar, a resident.
According to residents, nearly 90% of the houses here are affected.
“The rain water entered my house last night.
We have to shift our valuables to the first floor but there is a lot of heavy items that can not be moved,” said Mukesh Singh, another resident.
Police said the protesters had to be removed by force.
“We told them to raise their complaints with the authorities concerned and do not make life difficult for passengers,” said Mithilesh Shukla, Sho, Sihani Gate.
PROMENTER MUNICAMAGHABAD Mahendra Singh admitted that “citizens have a genuine complaint”.
“We are in touch with the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NRCTC).
Although the agency has put a pipe in there, capacity debitnya low.
NRCTC have assured us that they would fix the problem and restore the drainage system gradually.
To date, we have installed a pump to drain the accumulated water from the area, “he said.