Pre-monsoon work begins on war footing in Rajkot

RAJKOT: As part of its pre-monsoon preparedness, the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) has been working on a war footing basis. Between May 4 and May 25, the RMC has cleaned 9,002 storm water drain in the city.
“That apart, of 47 natural rainwater streams, 37 have been cleaned. The work on 10 streams is under way. The repair work on 155 poles and cable junction boxes of 160 such poles and boxes have been completed, and the work on five remaining set ups are on.The restoration work on 8,727 running metre roads has been done so far,” said a senior RMC official.
In order to discuss the pre-monsoon preparedness, RMC commissioner Udit Agrawal convened a meeting of senior civic body officials of different departments on Wednesday.
Agrawal instructed the managers and officers of all the wards to monitor the ongoing works in their respective wards.
The commissioner instructed the officials to ensure the draining of water in low lying areas which suffer water logging every monsoon.
Open manholes are one of the biggest menaces experienced on Rajkot roads. “In order to drain water logging on roads, people open the caps of manholes and leave them as they are. These manholes cause road accidents every year. The RMC will deploy a special team of officials who will ensure that the caps of the manholes are back in place,” the official said.
That apart, in order to prevent spread of water-borne diseases, the RMC has arranged for distribution of chlorine tablets at its urban health centres. Also, arrangement for quinine tablets for vector-borne diseases has been made.
Box: Development works to in full swing
Rajkot: The Rajkot mayor Bina Acharya and RMC standing committee chairman Uday Kangad, have been stated that development works in different zones of RMC have begun in full swing. These works include paving block on Raiyadhar Road, claning of drainage line under Amrapali railway under-bridge, re-carpeting work on Shriji Nagar road and roads in Rajanagar, Nehrunagar, Subhashnagar, Mochinagar-2 of Haridham Society. Civil work on Aji Dam garden and drainage and metalling work in Santosh Park, Shivdham Society, Patel Park, Kailash Park, Somnath Park and Shyam Park was also under way.