Tuesday, 20 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The level of damage continued to increase in Dehradun with the spells of heavy rain in the city as water entered many houses in several areas on Monday. Water entered the houses of areas like Chandrabani, Vasant Vihar, Raipur and Kunj Vihar in the wee hours of Monday damaging the properties of locals.
The operator of the disaster control room of the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) informed that more than 40 people had complained to the corporation till Monday evening regarding waterlogging, collapse of embankments, stagnant water on roads and water accumulated inside many residential and commercial buildings. “We also received complaints from Big Bazaar near ISBT that water entered their premises too,” said the operator. The corporation also received complaints, as per the operator, regarding choked drains, waterlogging and accumulation of debris on streets in areas like Gandhi Road, Kargi Chowk, Rajpur Road and Kanwali Road. Talking about the issue, the mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ said that he has directed the teams of MCD to monitor situations in their respective areas day and night. The corporation is providing help immediately to every affected area across the city, stated the mayor. Many expressed their disappointment that despite MCD’s claims of proper cleaning of drains in the city before monsoon, drains in several areas got choked that led to waterlogged streets and flooded houses. However, the officials clarified that they did clean all the drains regularly but it is the locals in the vicinity who dump all kinds of garbage in the drains that result in choked drains.
Meanwhile, the Dehradun sub divisional magistrate (SDM) Gopal Ram Binwal informed that the administration paid the amount of Rs 3,800 each as immediate relief to 23 families whose belongings were damaged due to flooding. Except for the issue that water entered a few houses in some areas, the situation was fine in the city on Monday, stated the SDM.
