GURUGRAM: Residents and commuters might need to battle waterlogging Within the space between Previous Delhi Street and Palam Vihar for one more monsoon season, with civic officers saying they're prone to end renovation of the grasp stormwater drain alongside the stretch solely by the top of this 12 months.

In keeping with officers of the GMDA, the mission was divided into two phases – restore and widen the drain between Previous Delhi Street and Rezang La Chowk, after which from there on to Palam Vihar.
Nevertheless, work on the primary portion hit hurdles earlier than work might start. There are loads of timber on the route that may have to be minimize to widen the drain – one thing the GMDA isn't eager on.
“We face some points concerning phase-1. The primary drawback is that there are too many timber alongside the stretch that must be minimize to widen the prevailing drain. We don't wish to chop these down, so we're exploring the potential for making a second drain parallel to it to extend the capability. The survey for that is at the moment underway,” mentioned a senior GMDA official who wished to stay nameless.
For the second part, the civic physique has come up the estimated value and is prone to prepared the tender this week, the official cited above mentioned. “Within the meantime, we're making ready the estimate for repairing the prevailing drain in phase-1 I wherever it's broken,” he added. With work on phase-2 prone to take six months after it begins, GMDA is aiming to no less than restore the prevailing drain earlier than monsoon rains descend on the town, usually in June.
“Our purpose is to no less than restore the prevailing drain earlier than the monsoon in order that the waterlogging is diminished. Relating to the rise in capability, we are going to do what we are able to previous to the monsoon however the work won't be accomplished by then. Though this mission will profit residents to some extent this 12 months, the complete affect of it is going to be felt solely subsequent season,” the official mentioned.
The practically 6km stretch – lined with a number of residential societies akin to Ansal Backyard Properties, business areas, hospitals and markets – used to get inundated yearly after heavy rains.
The mission the drain was conceptualised in October final 12 months. On the time, officers had mentioned they anticipate it to be accomplished earlier than the 2022 wet season. Officers identified that the prevailing drain was constructed 35 years in the past utilizing brick masonry partitions coated with slabs. Over time, the wall mortar joints grew to become weak, inflicting the slabs to come back free.
Structurally, it didn’t assist that the width of the drain decreases downstream, they mentioned. In keeping with the authority, one other issue was “fast urbanisation” of the realm, which elevated general discharge, worsening the scenario throughout monsoon.
“This mission, when full, can be of nice assist go commuters on this space however the query is: when will the work end?,” mentioned Nidhi Sharma, who lives in Palam Vihar.