Srinagar, Mar 17 (KNS): The incessant rains since intervening night of Wednesday-Thursday in Kashmir Valley caused water lodging in Srinagar areas including the commercial hub Lal Chowk.
The various areas in Srinagar including business hub Lal Chowk, Jawahar Nagar, Rambagh, Raj Bagh, Khanyar, Nowpora, Bemina and others are water logged resulting in immense hardships to the local population and commuters as well.
However, the inhabitants of old city said that no action was taken by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to dewater their areas till the late evening.
While talking to KNS Ghulam Muhammad Zargar said, “SMC is in deep slumber as they didn’t even bother to visit the areas which were submerged due to the incessant rainfall.”
He said that the authorities should have dewatered their areas but unfortunately they failed to do so.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel“We are being pushed to walls due to the poor drainage system in our area,” he said.
Accusing higher ups four ignoring their plights, the inhabitants here have demanded immediate redressal of their genuine grievances.
“We approached several higher ups earlier to repair the poor drainage system in our area but to no avail,” Mushatq Ahmad, a resident of Jawahar Nagar said.
The residents later appealed SMC commissioner Bashir Ahmad Khan to repair the poor drainage system in their areas as soon as possible.
Mechanical Engineer SMC, Muzaffar Hussain Kakroo told KNS that they have deployed 16 pumps to dewater the areas while some among the inundated areas including Lal Chowk was dewatered.
“We have already started work in this regard and the all the areas will be dewatered soon,” he said. (KNS)