Heavy rains: Mayhem in Cuttack metropolis
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By Express News Service
CUTTACK: It takes just a few minutes of rain for Cuttack City to get submerged.
On Saturday, it rained for round an hour within the afternoon and as has grow to be the norm, a number of areas of the town had been waterlogged bringing to the fore the apathy of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Over 120 residential and market areas of the town had been waterlogged on account of choked drains prompting the CMC authorities to have interaction 14 de-watering pump units. The worst affected areas had been Patapola, Makarabag Sahi, Meria Bazar, Gamadia, Kesharpur, Dhobi Lane, Sutahat, Dagabar Sahi, New Rausapatana, Rovers Street, Jhola Sahi, Kathagada Sahi and Tulasipur the place overflowing drain water gushed into a number of homes positioned in low-lying areas making residents’ lives depressing.
CMC mayor Subhas Singh stated, “We have engaged 250 de-watering motor pump sets for draining out excess water from low-lying areas. Excess water has started receding from various localities with the release of stormwater,” he stated.
CUTTACK: It takes just a few minutes of rain for Cuttack City to get submerged.
On Saturday, it rained for round an hour within the afternoon and as has grow to be the norm, a number of areas of the town had been waterlogged bringing to the fore the apathy of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Over 120 residential and market areas of the town had been waterlogged on account of choked drains prompting the CMC authorities to have interaction 14 de-watering pump units. The worst affected areas had been Patapola, Makarabag Sahi, Meria Bazar, Gamadia, Kesharpur, Dhobi Lane, Sutahat, Dagabar Sahi, New Rausapatana, Rovers Street, Jhola Sahi, Kathagada Sahi and Tulasipur the place overflowing drain water gushed into a number of homes positioned in low-lying areas making residents’ lives depressing.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
CMC mayor Subhas Singh stated, “We have engaged 250 de-watering motor pump sets for draining out excess water from low-lying areas. Excess water has started receding from various localities with the release of stormwater,” he stated.
