Residents in Kolathur had demanded that the Corporation implement work to mitigate waterlogging in areas such as G.K.M.
Nagar areas and critical habitations,” an official said. Otherwise, the water originally used to go to Mambalam Canal and then to the Adyar. “Water from Aziz Nagar and Subramaniapuram was diverted to Trustpuram Canal, which ultimately goes to the Cooum.
In the case of flooding in Aziz Nagar and Subramaniapuram, the engineers changed the entire watershed from the Adyar to the Cooum in a bid to offer localised solutions. In zone 4, Tondiarpet, in a number of drains which were entering Buckingham Canal, shutters along with the pumping of water have been introduced to prevent the water from flowing back into the local habitations, and at the same time, pumping will ensure the rainwater is drainer quickly, officials said. As an immediate solution, the Corporation, instead of constructing a new drain, has put up a precast drain structure in the last two days, which will be completed by tomorrow and that should ease out the water flow in that location, said an official. Similarly, in Pallavan Salai, Kolathur, there is an old brick drain structure which had actually collapsed and its flow was obstructed. This stopped the water flow over there, he added. It was set up overnight by the team consisting of Regional Deputy Commissioner, North, Sivaguru Prabhakaran and a zonal officer. “For example, after residents and motorists complained about waterlogging in Tamil Salai at Egmore in front of Mathsya Hotel during the previous spell of rain, engineers installed Hume Pipes to cross the water from the other side to the major drain,” he said. The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has started adopting localised solutions for resolving issues of waterlogging during the northeast monsoon.Īfter the onset of the monsoon, there were a number of places where the civic engineers have been advised to go for localised solutions, Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi said.
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