Southeast Delhi residents fearful of heavy rains causing recurrence of sewage backflow into homes
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi Workers clean the Taimoor Nagar drain, with encroachments on both sides narrowing the width at multiple points. As a sudden downpour once again crippled the infrastructure in the Capital last week, a kilometre-long stretch of the Taimoor Nagar drain became the single source of torment for residents of thousands of houses across south and southeast Delhi, pushing sewage-mixed water into homes and causing irreparable damage. “Taimoor Nagar drain gets narrowed and constricted due to unauthorised construction on DDA land prior to it entering Yamuna.Last monsoon, sandbags had been put on this DDA land, causing flooding in Maharani Bagh, Friends Colony and Sriniwaspuri,”the RWA said in the letter. In a separate statement to HT’s query, the MCD said: “To clear the garbage dump and desilting the Taimoor Nagar drain, we deployed a long excavator. With this, we expect no further waterlogging due to the Taimoor Nagar drain.” Rajpal, the area councillor, said annual flooding due to the Taimoor Nagar drain backflow started eight years ago, and admitted that the problem has become much worse over the past few years.
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