Five units of the National Disaster Response Force as well as teams from the Navy, Army and Coast Guard will be deployed in Mumbai to make the metropolis rain-ready. The BMC said in a statement that there would be 22 days during the monsoon when the high tide would be more than 4.5 meters, while the city has 487 flood spots.
It had called a coordination meeting of its own officials as well as those from other agencies during the day, against the backdrop of the progress of monsoon till Karwar in neighboring Karnataka. India weather department. Addressing a press conference after the meeting, Additional Commissioner of BMC P. Velarasu said that the desilting work of all major and minor nallahs (nalas) has been completed, while the work of desilting of Mithi river is about 98. Percentage is completed and remaining work will be completed. two to three days.
“We have completed all the pre-monsoon works from our side, in which 100 per cent siltation work has been completed. Even out of a total of over 100 flood sites, we have dealt with around 30 so far. So we are expecting that if this flood happens then it will be the remaining areas which will be affected, he said. He said that six major pumping stations and 10 mini pumping stations are ready for quick evacuation of water, besides 487 pumps have been installed at various flood sites across the city. “In addition, five teams of NDRF will be deployed in the city, and teams of Army, Navy and Coast Guard have been requested to be prepared and alert during monsoon. Of the five NDRF teams, three will be in Andheri and the remaining two will be stationed at the ward level. Also, for the first time, five contingents of the Indian Army, each of 100 personnel, will be present.
He said the civic body had held a meeting with officials handling major infrastructural projects like metro rail and coastal road construction works to ensure that the channels carrying rain water are clean and not obstructed. Besides, the civic body has stopped allowing utility agencies to dig trenches and it will not be given unless there is an emergency, he said.
Velarasu said the civic body will fix potholes within 24 hours of receiving a complaint on their Android mobile app or website, but if the potholes are large, it may take 48 hours, for this work all the 24 wards will be given cold mix. being given. In a statement, the civic body said that citizens can also complain about potholes through its WhatsApp chat bot facility.
Speaking on the rise in COVID-19 cases amid the coming monsoon, BMC Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Sanjeev Kumar said that the civic body will increase the testing facilities from 8,000 to around 25,000 per day if required. “In the past, we have handled two COVID waves very well under the worst of circumstances. So we are confident that we will be able to tackle any surge,” Kumar said.
While the city is witnessing over 500 cases per day for the last three days, testing of samples per day has fallen below the 10000-mark.
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