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‘Can’t tolerate this year after year’: Delhi HC on water-logging

PTI | By, New Delhi
Aug 31, 2016 07:03 PM IST

The court was hearing a PIL relating to steps to check waterlogging in this area, a matter it has been monitoring since 2012.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday came down heavily civic authorities in the national capital over the issue of water-logging on major roads, saying it “cannot tolerate this year after year.”

People wade through water-logged road due to heavy rain near AIIMS, in New Delhi on Wednesday, August 31, 2016.(Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)
People wade through water-logged road due to heavy rain near AIIMS, in New Delhi on Wednesday, August 31, 2016.(Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

“There is no justification for clogged drains. We cannot tolerate this year after year,” the court said when it took up a matter relating to water logging of South Extension area of south Delhi.

Justice Badar Durrez Ahmed, who was hearing the matter along with justice Ashutosh Kumar, said when he was on the way to court on Wednesday morning, “even the road in front of the Vice President’s residence was waterlogged.” Heavy rains had lashed the national capital on Wednesday morning.

The bench also observed that pools of water collected on roads after the rains due to poor drainage became breeding grounds for mosquitoes, leading to the spread of vector-borne diseases like dengue and chikungunya.

Photographs of water-logging in South Extension Part-I and the nearby Kushak nallah were also placed before the bench, which said “it appears there is no overflow in Kushak nallah. Only conclusion that can be arrived at is that waterlogging of South Extension-I is due to poor drainage and sewerage of the area”.

The court issued notices to both the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and Delhi Jal Board to “clear any clogging” of movement of water and listed the matter for further hearing on September 28.

The court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation relating to steps to check waterlogging in this area, a matter it has been monitoring since 2012.

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