While chairing a meeting with officials from the Irrigation and Water Resources, Public Health Engineering and Urban Local Bodies departments, the Chief Minister directed that all the drains and minors in the state should be cleaned immediately to prevent waterlogging and potential flood situations during the rainy season.
The Delhi minister told officials that those involved in manual cleaning of waste should receive Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits and safety devices before the monsoon.
Delhi Congress President Devender Yadav on Sunday slammed the BJP-led Delhi government accusing it of making hollow promises while failing to initiate serious groundwork to prevent monsoon-induced flooding in the Capital.
Delhi’s PWD Minister, Parvesh Verma, has assured residents that all preventive measures to prevent waterlogging for the upcoming monsoon season will be completed by May 30.
The seasonal rainfall expected at 105 per cent of Long Period Average (LPA) with a margin of ±5 per cent, it added.
The monsoon is vital to India's agricultural sector, which sustains roughly 42.3% of the population and accounts for 18.2% of the national GDP.
Taking a dig at the Delhi government’s clean drinking water from taps scheme that was inaugurated in DDA flats of Pandav Nagar, Rajendra Nagar Assembly constituency, Congress has called free water a reality only during monsoon, referring to the waterlogging in the capital.
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) has issued a red alert for October 16 in Chennai and the surrounding districts of Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
The Uttar Pradesh government has provided Rs 163.15 crore in compensation for crops damaged by floods across the state this monsoon season.
The southwest monsoon has started to withdraw from the coastal state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Bhubaneswar regional centre said on Sunday.
