The minister identified the outdated barrel drainage system and decades of surrounding construction as the root causes of flooding along a 100-metre stretch near the famous Kake Da Hotel.
The Uttar Pradesh government has intensified efforts to strengthen urban drainage systems ahead of monsoon to prevent waterlogging in cities and slum areas.
Residents in three wards of the added areas of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to get relief.
He highlighted, as per an agreement with the Kolkata Port, in the next two to three months RO-RO vessel services will be introduced for Calcutta-bound goods vehicles which will reduce the load on the second Hooghly Bridge. He added that electric trolleybuses will be introduced by next March if the trials are successful
Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, floods in Nepal, Bangladesh and India are wreaking havoc. In the past few months, five Indian…
