LAMBASTING the municipal corporation for its apathy in carrying out drainage sanitation drive, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Yogi Adityanath demanded compensation for the traders who had suffered huge loss due to water-logging in around 100 shops at Reti crossing, Gita Press road, Sahibganj and Chaurahia Gola.
Adityanath said a committee should be constituted to assess the loss of the traders and threatened to launch a movement in the second phase if the municipal commission officials did not take initial steps in this direction.
Yogi demanded to deploy extra sanitation employees to clean out the drains to check reoccurrence of such incidents.
The city recorded 117 mm rain in three hours in the wee hours of Saturday which marooned around two dozen localities and the overflowing rain water entered into thousands of houses and shops. The wholesale market in low lying areas like Transport Nagar, Sahibganj and Gita Press road witnessed two to three feet deep water-logging inside the shops and on the street.
On Monday thousands of the traders took out a procession and staged a demonstration at the municipal corporation office. Expressing his views, senior BJP leader Shital Pandey, said crores of rupees were spent in the name of drainage cleanliness drive which remained confined only to files. Traders’ leaders Satyaprakash Singh Munna, Krishna Bihari Singh, Sitaram Jaiswal, Santosh Agrawal and others said had the municipal corporation made proper arrangements for pumping sets to drain out the water, the loss would have been avoided.
Municipal commissioner Anand Vardhan Pathak assured BJP MP to take necessary action to clean the drains. He said a probe committee would be set up to inquire into the complaints regarding financial irregularities in the budget spent on the sanitation drive. He said an order had been issued to probe the causes of water-logging and added heavy downpour in two hours had made the task difficult. The DM said Rs 40 lakh had been sanctioned for sanitation of drains and so far Rs 13 lakh had been spent.
Municipal commissioner Anand Vardhan Pathak assured BJP MP to take necessary action to clean the drains. He said a probe committee would be set up to inquire into the complaints regarding financial irregularities in the budget spent on the sanitation drive. He said an order had been issued to probe the causes of water-logging and added heavy downpour in two hours had made the task difficult. The DM said Rs 40 lakh had been sanctioned for sanitation of drains and so far Rs 13 lakh had been spent.