Odisha

BMC Starts Drain Desilting Work In City

Bhubaneswar: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has started desilting and cleaning work of all the 10 major natural drainage channels (storm water drains) and internal drains across 67 wards in the city.

The civic body plans to finish the desilting work before the monsoon season.

As many as 25 contractors and three sanitation agencies were engaged for this cleaning work.

Senior officials of BMC visited major drainage channels and Gangua Nullah to take stock of the situation on Friday.

The Drainage Division of BMC, on the other hand, has taken initiative to clean/desilt the internal drains of the 10 wards managed by BMC.

At least 10 to 12 chain mounted excavators are pressed for the cleaning work every day at present and their number will go up as per the requirement.

In places where mechanical cleaning is not possible, more than 230 workers are engaged to carry out the desilting and cleaning work.

The city has got 10 drainage channels, which works out to nearly 60 km and internal drains of more than 560 km length. All the channels carry their load to Gangua Nullah, which takes the water to Daya river, as a tributary.

OB Bureau

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