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SDMC, PWD indulge in blame game as Delhi's drains overflow

Drains up to 60 feet are under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation while 60 feet and above fall under the PWD.

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Corporation workers open a manhole to clear waterlogging at Vikas Marg
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The BJP-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on Wednesday again blamed the AAP government's Public Works Department (PWD) for the city being waterlogged with filthy water every other day it rains.

The corporation's Matiala ward Councillor had raised a short notice in the House meeting on the issue over the cleaning of PWD drains.

South Delhi mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat claimed that most of the city's roads get waterlogged for the drains falling under the jurisdiction of the PWD.

"The PWD owns all the big drains of the city, including the Kushak Nallah and others. But the department does not clean the drains even during the monsoon, which leads to the overflowing of sewers," the mayor said.

While both the agencies - SDMC and PWD - claim that they have cleaned 90 per cent of the drains in their area, both blame each other regarding the de-silting of the choked drains resulting in waterlogging.

"Even the state government has turned a blind eye towards issue while people suffer every monsoon. Though we have completed desilting at most of the major drains and roadside drains of four feet depth, the Delhi government has not even undertaken sewer cleaning in any part of the city. PWD has not taken care to ensure proper disposal of rain water at its vulnerable points," she said.

Drains up to 60 feet are under the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation while 60 feet and above fall under the PWD.

In order to enable citizens to lodge complaints of waterlogging, the Corporation had launched a 24X7 helpline last month.

The LG had this year directed the PWD to install pumps and fix the major 60 waterlogging flash points in the city including Kashmere Gate, Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Mukarba Chowk and Andheria Mor, among others. However, waterlogging complaints are still pouring in from these areas.

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