Men, machine at work to prevent waterlogging: Amritsar MC Commissioner

Amritsar, July 15

After inspecting the desilting work of sewer lines, Municipal Commissioner Harpreet Singh has claimed that the municipal corporation (MC) has pressed its machinery into service for cleaning the main sewer pipelines in all parts of the city.

Sewage treatment plants at Khapar Kheri, Gaunsabad and Chattiwind are working 24×7. A special motor pump has been installed at Khapar Kheri STP to speed up sewage flow in the storm sewer. Officials are monitoring work at disposal plants so that these do not break down at any time. Harpreet Singh, Municipal Commissioner

He claimed that residents would not have to face any waterlogging issue during the rainy season. He said, “Bucket type sewer cleaning machines and super sucker machines are working in low-lying areas of the city.”

“Before the start of the rainy season, we had already alerted all officials and staff of the operation and maintenance (O&M) wing to be ready with allied machinery. It is true that whenever rain comes, the city roads get inundated. Due to homework done by the MC, water gets drained from roads in no time now. In the low-lying areas, machines are working day and night. We are sure that residents will not have to face any problem,” the MC Commissioner said.

The MC has also established two control rooms at Lahori Gate and Maharaja Ranjit Singh Panorama under the supervision of executive engineers Swaraj Inderpal Singh and SP Singh to deal with any emergency during the rainy season.

The MC Commissioner said, “Sewage treatment plants (STPs) at Khapar Kheri, Gaunsabad and Chattiwind are working 24×7. He said a special motor pump has been installed at Khapar Kheri STP to speed up the sewage flow in the storm sewer. All officials are monitoring work at disposal plants so that these do not break down.” He said main lines of the West Zone falling under Khapar Kheri, Chotta Haripura, Bhutanpura, Dashmesh Nagar, Ram Avenue, Meerkot Chowk and Pallah Sahib Road areas had been cleaned.

In the south zone, the sewer lines in Bazaar Kahianwala, Mahna Singh Road, Jattawala Bazaar, near Darbar Sahib, Bazaar Mai Sewan, Katra Ahluwalia, Langar Hall, Antaryami Colony, Dilbagh Nagar, New Gurnam Nagar, Sultanwind Road, Muglani Road, Tarn Taran Road, Shaheed Udham Singh Chowk and Abadi Ganda Singh Colony have been cleared.

In east zone, areas like Shastri Nagar, Katra Baghian, in central zone, Fateh Singh Colony, Naiyawala Gate and Lahori Gate have been cleared. The MC Commissioner said the Civil Department of the MC was working day and night to clear chambers on roads and in lanes so that rainwater does not gets accumulated there.