Chandigarh, April 26 – Haryana’s Industry and Commerce Minister Rao Narbir Singh said freeing Gurugram from waterlogging is not just a goal but our collective responsibility. He said the accountability of the concerned officer should be fixed at each of the critical points of waterlogging that have been identified by the Municipal Corporation and GMDA.
Rao Narbir was chairing a review meeting with the Municipal Corporation and GMDA officials in Gurugram today. In the meeting, other measures to assess the progress made so far to deal with the problem of waterlogging during monsoon and to address the challenges were also discussed.
He directed the officials to prioritize the measures required for drainage of water and find permanent solutions to reach the root of the problem. He said the officials of the corporation and authority should ensure that the measures being taken to deal with waterlogging and its progress report are regularly sent to his office. Both the departments should work together for the places where there is drain inlet mismatch.
He directed the concerned officials to ensure cleaning of small sewerage network on the lines of drainage system. Rao Narbir Singh summoned the report of the current status of the functioning of 41 micro STP plants located in the Municipal Corporation area and directed the officials of the Regional Pollution Control Board to get all the STPs inspected in the next 15 days. Along with this, move forward towards getting FIR registered against those industrial units where STP is not being maintained. He told the corporation officials to get all the non-functional boosters in the corporation area started within the stipulated time.
In the meeting, GMDA officials apprised the minister about the progress of waterlogging measures and said desilting work is going on in 12 km area of storm water drain, which will be completed before June 30. New cleaning work has also been awarded in Leg 2. Similarly, in the cleaning of sewerage system, 85 km network has been cleaned so far and work is going on on 11 km which will be completed in the stipulated period.
Officials said the tender process is going on for cleaning 404 rain water harvesting systems located in the district, in which all rain water harvesting systems will be cleaned by June 10 under the prescribed procedure. Similarly, 74 percent cleaning work has been completed in the 4500 meter network of Master Train from Sector 72A to National Highway 48. Giving information about the efforts being made for the cleaning of the pedestrian crossing located on the National Highway, Corporation Commissioner Ashok Garg said these are being cleaned by the corporation. In future, an estimate will also be prepared for their maintenance and cleaning. There are currently 41 micro STPs in the corporation area, out of which 28 are functioning smoothly.
