– Freeing Gurugram from waterlogging is not just a goal, but our collective responsibility: Rao Narbir Singh
– Rao said, FIR should be registered against industrial units not maintaining STP
Gurugram : Haryana’s Industry and Commerce Minister Rao Narbir Singh chaired a high-level review meeting with the concerned officials on Saturday in view of the measures being taken by Municipal Corporation Gurugram and Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority to deal with the problem of waterlogging during monsoon in Gurugram district. Other measures to assess the progress so far and address the challenges were also discussed in the meeting.
Addressing the meeting, the Cabinet Minister said that :
freeing Gurugram from waterlogging is not just a goal, but our collective responsibility. He said that the corporation and the authority have identified whatever critical points of waterlogging. The accountability of the concerned officer should be fixed at each of those points so that necessary action can be taken in case of negligence at any level. He advised to give priority to the measures required for drainage of water and to find a permanent solution to reach the root of the problem. He said that the officers of the corporation and authority should ensure that the measures being taken regarding waterlogging and its progress report are regularly sent to his office. Both the departments should work together for the places where there is drain inlet mismatch.
Rao instructed the concerned officers to also ensure cleaning of small sewerage network on the lines of drainage system. The Environment Minister clearly told the officers that it has come to his notice that drinking water is being used for park irrigation in various sectors and residential areas in the city. In such a situation, the officers should set an example for others by taking action against the guilty persons as per the rules.
Rao Narbir Singh summoned the report on the current status of the functioning of 41 micro STP plants located in the Municipal Corporation area and directed the officials of the Regional Pollution Control Board to get all the STPs inspected in the next 15 days. Along with this, move forward towards getting an FIR registered against those industrial units where STP is not being maintained. He told the corporation officials to get all the non-functional boosters in the corporation area started within the stipulated time.
In the meeting, the GMDA officials informed the Cabinet Minister about the progress of water logging measures and said that desilting work is going on in 12 km area of storm water drain, which will be completed before June 30. New cleaning work has also been awarded in Leg 2. Similarly, in the cleaning of sewerage system, 85 km network has been cleaned so far and work is going on on 11 km. Which will be completed within the stipulated period. Officials said that the tender process is going on for cleaning 404 rain water harvesting systems located in the district, in which all rain water harvesting systems will be cleaned by June 10 under the prescribed procedure. Similarly, 74 percent cleaning work has been completed in the 4500 meter network of Master Train from Sector 72A to National Highway 48.
Giving information about the efforts being made for the cleaning of the pedestrian crossings located on the National Highway, Corporation Commissioner Ashok Garg said that these are being cleaned by the corporation. In future, an estimate will also be prepared for their maintenance and cleaning. There are currently 41 micro STPs in the corporation area, out of which 28 are working smoothly.
Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ashok Garg, Additional Corporation Commissioner Y. S Gupta, Chief Engineer Rajesh Bansal from GMDA, DFO Rajkumar, Akansha Tanwar from RO Pollution Control Board and Municipal Corporation and GMDA officials were present in the meeting.