Live
- Young India Integrated Schools Model Unveiled
- Kiren Rijiju applauds Modi govt’s move to elevate Pali to Classical Language
- AP Government to Credit Flood Relief Funds to Remaining Beneficiaries Tomorrow
- Nikhil and Sudheer Varma comes with an interesting title
- Gopichand’s ‘Viswam’ trailer packs action, comedy, and thrills
- 'Trend setter': Gayle picks MS Dhoni as India's most successful captain
- Amaravati Drone Summit 2024 to be Held on October 22-23
- Corrections Made for 21,768 Flood Victims' Bank Accounts
- RG Kar case: Protesting doctors fast-unto-death enters Day 2
- Irregularities confirmed in Varahi land
Just In
Hyderabad: Will Baldia babus ever wake up?
- Locals urge now at least start the monsoon-related works
- Drainage pipelines are old, never re-laid since years
- No proper channels for the rainwater to flow in
- GHMC promise to construct a stormwater drain is still not fulfilled
Hyderabad: People’s voice against GHMC for not taking up permanent measures to prevent flooding of roads and houses during monsoon in city is increasing. Seeing the reports of various colonies which are prone to flooding being published in Hans India, for past two weeks, more and more colony people are approaching the newspaper and pouring out their woes.
It is not just the people from old city or certain areas of Secunderabad but even those from the Eastern part of the city like ECIL Kushaiguda, Kapra, Charkripuram, Padmavati Colony, Kamla Nagar, and colonies near Kapra Lake say that they too were facing the serious problem of water logging and inundation during monsoon and no help has been forthcoming from authorities.
The story here too is same. Every season officials and political leaders including corporators visit, make promises but no serious effort is made to provide permanent solution to resolve the issue. The residents pointed towards the lanes that are very narrow with no proper channels for water to flow out. They complained that whenever there was huge downpour the complete lane gets submerged with rainwater making it very difficult to commute. Another major problem is rainwater mixed with sewage water enters the basement of the houses making life impossible.
They said they were informed that the plans for constructing stormwater drains have been worked out but they have not been executed so far.
Recalling the memories of the 2020 flood, social activist Akhilesh Reddy said, residents of these colonies suffered heavy loss to their properties. Even pumping out water was not done properly by the authorities and the people had to hire private workers, he said.
However, when contacted officials claim that various related works were started two months back in the entire eastern part of the city and that desilting the drains and renovating of Kapra Lake was in progress. But the residents said that there was no change in the situation as was evident from the recent unseasonal rains where waterlogging was witnessed.
Residents of Kushaiguda point out that the sewer lines have become old and a moderate amount of rain is enough to make the situation worse. The water along with sewage water accumulates in front of the roads and also another concern is that none of the manholes there are closed. This makes it risky for the residents even to walk. The foul smell that emanates from it is unbearable. We too are taxpayers, please look at us, they add.
© 2024 Hyderabad Media House Limited/The Hans India. All rights reserved. Powered by hocalwire.com