GMDAs flood control room to be functional by this week – Hindustan Times

The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is likely to make its flood control room functional later this week, to manage waterlogging issues in the district during monsoon, officials said on Tuesday.

This year, we are setting up the flood control room early as Gurugram has been receiving rainfall at frequent intervals in the past few weeks. We usually take a timeline of monsoon arrival by July 1 and make it functional by then, but this year, preparations started early. At present, the negotiations for setting up the flood control room are done, and we are waiting for a final approval from senior officials, following which, it will be functional by the end of this week, said a senior official, infrastructure-II division, GMDA.

The flood control room ensures that waterlogging issues being reported by the people are resolved at the earliest, with workers and machinery available on time for smooth functioning of the stormwater system during the monsoon.

Usually, two people manage the work at suchflood control rooms, but the information about this facility is yet to be released.

The GMDA had invited tenders last month, and it set a deadline of June 1 for companies to submit proposals for the flood control room worth 69 lakh.

This year, the authority has arranged for six temporary additional suction pumps that will be used in addition to the permanent ones placed at critical points. They will also make arrangements for super sucker machines in case of heavy waterlogging during the peak monsoon.

At a few critical points, like Narsinghpur service lanes, water can be removed from the streetsonlyby using machinery,saidtheofficials.The authority plans to deploy pumping sets and diesel generator sets at these locations, so that the work is not hampered during power cuts. Places such as Golf Course Roadunderpass, Sheeba Apartments in Sector 28, and Hero Honda Chowk among others, are some of the critical locations.

In 2019, the GMDA had placed eight dewatering pump sets, four tractor-mounted suction pumps, one earthmover, two super sucker machines, and 5,000 gunny bagsat a flood control room in Sector 53. About10 people worked there 24X7, in shifts.

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