It may sound strange, but is true. Though Guwahati city is severely hit by artificial flood and waterlogging, the irony is that its residents continue to bear the brunt of acute drinking water shortage. With 70 per cent of the city's households still denied the piped water supply network of the government agencies, including the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), many residents have no other option but to rely on water supplied by private tankers.
The proposed garbage depot on 57 acres of forest land at Punawale, which is facing severe opposition from all quarters, has put the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) in a tight spot. As political parties are up in arms against the depot coming up near the Mumbai-Pune highway, there are a list of 14 conditions whose compliance is being sought by the forest department.
NEW DELHI: In view of the early arrival of the monsoon in the Capital, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will now have to personally supervise de-watering operations in water-logged areas. At a review meeting on Monday, MCD Standing Committee Chairman Vijender Gupta said the civic body officials had been provided with 550 portable de-watering pumps to take care of vulnerable points across the city.
After a delay of several months, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will finally start the much-publicised survey on the city's water bodies. The survey was supposed to end by February this year. The civic authorities however cited infrastructure problems for delaying the project. At present the survey will be carried out on an experimental basis in selected Wards of KMC.
Ballygunge Circular Road. Pictures by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya and Talat Salahuddin Ballygunge Circular Road, that winds its way from Ballygunge Phari in the south and meets Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road in the north, is a tree-lined avenue with a lot of surrounding greenery. The sprawling Ballygunge Maidan Camp and the Ballygunge Science College campus are the dominant green zones here. A part of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation's (CMC) ward No. 69, this is primarily a residential area populated by a cosmopolitan crowd and of course the most elusive Calcuttan
Waterlogging woes in some pockets of Calcutta will be as bad as last year, or even worse. In the rest of the city, the mayor hopes, the problem will persist with "much less' severity. The pockets that are feared to be worst hit include Thanthania, Madan Mohan Burman Street, Chittaranjan Avenue and Camac Street-Wood Street in Calcutta proper and Behala in the added areas.
The early arrival of monsoons combined with the ill-preparedness of civic agencies, caused parts of the city to come to a near halt on Sunday. It was a clear indication of how Delhiites will have to deal with waterlogged roads and massive traffic jams all through the rainy season. The control rooms of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) received 49 complaints of waterlogging with the maximum complaints reported in West Zone
They toil all day to desilt drains without any protective gear. Working without gumboots, gloves and masks, MCD desilting labourers will find that nothing is going to change this year despite tall claims made by the civic agency. The contractors are supposed to provide boots, helmet and gloves to workers as per the guidelines laid down in MCD contract. However, it is not followed. According to sources, MCD can blacklist or cancel the contract of a contractor who is found to be flouting guidelines.
