Ensure cleaning of drains at the earliest: Sisodia

NEW DELHI: With the monsoon approaching, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday urged the authorities to ensure the cleaning of drains at the earliest and also suggested use of modern technology for the same.

Sisodia, while chairing a meeting of the apex committee to review flood control measures, stressed upon the need for early coordinated efforts among various agencies to prevent water logging and other similar problems during the monsoon season.

The Deputy Chief Minister also called for setting up of a special purpose vehicle to clean the city's drains and prevent waterlogging on roads in the national Capital.

"The process of cleaning the drains being used by the Public Works Department (PWD) and the MCDs in most of the cases is very primitive. Garbage from the drains is kept on the road side to dry up and then taken away. In the process a part of the garbage again goes back in the drain," Sisodia said.

"We must move to modern technology and one of the solutions is the use of super suckers," he said. Sisodia, Delhi PWD Minister Satyendar Jain and Irrigation and Flood Control Minister Gopal Rai will oversee the work related to flood control measures in all 11 districts of Delhi.

Monsoon is expected to reach Delhi on June 29, its normal onset date for the Capital.