Monday, 05 July 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has started the task of cleaning the drains of the Paltan Bazaar after receiving complaints about water entering various shops due to rainfall. Several shopkeepers of Paltan Bazaar complained that due to the incompetent work done by the contractor working under Dehradun Smart City Limited (DSCL) in the area, water entered their shops due to overflowing roads and drains when it hardly rained for 30 to 40 minutes.
The local shopkeepers also accused the workers working under the smart city project of filling the drains with debris instead of disposing of them properly which also led to the waterlogging in the area. Talking about the issue, the president of Doon Valley Mahanagar Udyog Vyapar Mandal (DVMUVM), Pankaj Masson said that the rainwater entered several shops in Paltan Bazaar on Friday that damaged some goods and shopkeepers had to constantly wipe out the water to save their products. It happened mainly to the shops in front of which, new roads and drains were recently constructed. Also, the main reason was that the workers working under the smart city project disposed of the debris in the old drains that caused waterlogging in the area, stated Masson. He said that a team from MCD arrived on Saturday on receiving the complaint and cleaned some drains in the area where the rainwater had entered the shops.
However, Masson added that to avoid any such issues during heavy rainfall, the association requested Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ and Rajpur MLA Khajan Das to issue orders to clean all the drains. Considering this request, the mayor instructed the team to start cleaning drains from Sunday. The MCD team arrived in Paltan Bazaar along with ‘Gama’ and started the cleaning of drains. On being asked about the issues of local shopkeepers, the mayor said that the shopkeepers have told him their issues regarding the smart city project and he has assured them that no such thing will be done which would work against the local businessmen.
