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Unscientific drainage pattern likely to trouble this monsoon
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 Unscientific drainage pattern likely to trouble this monsoon
PHOTO : Drainage System. TIWN Pic April

AGARTALA, April 7 (TIWN): Monsoon comes and monsoon goes, but never a day comes for the monsoon loving people here in the capital city Agartala. Water logging at every nook and corners of the city due to the incessant rain leads the people to home-rest making them bored. The daily livelihood of the people paralyzes due to the water logging. Several initiatives have been taken by the state govt. to contain the worst situation of a town, but the unscientific works has brought no change to the monsoon scenario of the capital city yet today.

Talking to TIWN today in regard of the development of the construction work of the cover drains, Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) Mayor Dr. Prafullajit Sinha said that the workers engaged to it has been asked to complete the work soon. Construction work of a cover drain has been taken up at several places under the Municipality areas here. Sinha said, “though it is not possible to complete the work before the monsoon comes, but several other initiatives has been taken to contain the water logging situation here at the town.”

He said that currently the construction work of a drain near the Agartala East PS is going on. The drain near East PS takes a worst shape during the heavy monsoon as leads to a water logging at several place at Agartala city.

Sinha also said that the AMC engineers had also visited the vulnerable spot recently. At present there are 10 water pump machines here at Agartala. These are all ready to function during this monsoon, Sinha said.

AMC has been allotted Rs. 200 crore under 13th Finance Commission grant for the construction of the cover drains here at Agartala.

However, but it is mentionable here that even this monsoon no major solution is likely to be brought by the AMC here, because the dream for cover drain at the capital city is far behind from a touch. During the last monsoon people of the city has brought an allegation that an unscientific drainage system is the main reason of water logging at the major areas of a town. The incessant rain during the monsoon season hurdles the office and the school goers especially with the daily livelihood of city dwellers gets paralyzed. 

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