Rain leads to waterlogging in Yamunanagar-Jagadhri
Heavy rain led to waterlogging in several areas of Yamunanagar-Jagadhri on Sunday, exposing the preparedness of the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar-Jagadhri (MCYJ) related to drainage.
A total of 42 mm of rain was recorded in the district. Of this, the highest rainfall of 118 mm was recorded in Jagadhri.
Several roads in Jagadhri, including Guru Arjun Nagar, Durga Garden, Railway Road, Buria Gate Road, Pathrawala Bazaar, Town Hall, Civil Road, Prakash Chowk Road and Devi Bhawan Bazaar Road were waterlogged.
Similarly, many roads in Yamunanagar, including Azadnagar, Shanti Colony, Dashmesh Colony, Model Town, Shakti Nagar, Professor Colony, Tagore Garden, Lajpat Nagar, Vijay Colony, Gulab Nagar and several other areas were waterlogged with 1-1.5 ft water.
Anil Kumar of Professor Colony said the municipal corporation should take some concrete steps to solve the problem of waterlogging. Several people inconvenienced when their vehicles got stuck on waterlogged roads and they were seen pushing the vehicles with the help of passersby.
“We woke up to heavy rain. But, the weather was pleasant, providing relief from the scorching heat,” said Himanshu, a resident of Jagadhri.
On roads being waterlogged across the twin cities, people questioned the works done by the municipal corporation to clean drains and nullahs.
“The Municipal Corporation has been cleaning drains spending crores of rupees. Despite this, a number of areas of the twin cities are waterlogged,” said Naveen Kumar of Yamunanagar.
Mayor Suman Bahamani visited several areas to know the status of waterlogging today.
She got the water drained out by the MCYJ workers at some places.
On waterlogging, she reprimanded the contractor of the agency doing the work of cleaning the drains and nullahs and instructed him to speed up the cleaning of drains.
She sought a report from all municipal councillors about the places, where there was waterlogging in their wards.
She also directed the officials concerned of the MCYJ to get the drains cleaned and get the water drained out.
She asked the Commissioner of the MCYJ, Akhil Pilani, to take action against those who were negligent in cleaning the drains and nullahs.
The employees of the MCYJ remained on duty on Sunday and cleaned the garbage stuck in the drains to solve the waterlogging problem.
