Kolkata: Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) scooped several hundred kilograms of waste – including plastic packages, diapers, construction tires and building debris – from sewer holes using a gully pit expier machine to clean the drainage line that is clogged on the salt lake and rajarhat .
The drive was taken in the Salt Lake Sector III area on Sunday.
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But what happened in several bags of kolkata for the past week must be a wake-up call for civilian maintenance institutions and citizens.
Only vigil all year on canal tissue and drainage-sewerage can save us during the rainy season.
And plastic disposal and other irresponsible materials that suffocate the drainage system worsens the situation.
Hopefully, we will learn from what thousands of we have to go.
To the lake only has a drainage network of around 180 km in three sectors.
The BMC authorities said that the survey would be made to limit places in the city that witnessed the maximum waterlogging to evaluate existing drainage systems.
“We will conduct surveys about the most affected areas and prepare plans to change the drainage system.
We urge people not to dispose of garbage on the roadside that will lead to waterways,” said the BMC (BoA) Administrator Board Chairman Krishna Chakraborty .
Civil authorities previously prepared a 200 crore Hospital scheme to improve the drainage system and rajarhat sewer.
The new city of Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) has cleared the drainage line throughout the new city, which witnessed the heavy waterlogging last week.
They and placing a sand bag on the canal side and put a red flag on the open sewer and reminded him to remind the pedestrians.