CHENNAI: The Greater Chennai Corporation will soon provide details to the flood mitigation committee headed by retired IAS official V Thirupugaz, which will submit a report with short-term solutions to mitigate floods to the state government before December 31.
Meetings have been held even on festive holidays and officials have been holding meetings with the committee members to explain local-level problems in 561 locations which have faced water logging issues during the November-December rains in the city.
“The state government is keen on taking up drainage work on priority basis in these 561 locations,” said an official. Meanwhile, the corporation has issued work orders for the construction of missing link storm water drain project which will include construction of 45-km of drains in 144 locations in areas such as Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru Vi Ka Nagar, Anna Nagar, Teynampet, Kodambakkam and Adyar zones. The project has been funded by the World Bank.
Residents have demanded that the civic body makes maps and gradient levels of these drains public. Jayaram Venkatesan of Arappor Iyakkam said that only if they make network maps and drain gradients public, residents can monitor the implementation of the work.
Officials have promised that they will make these details public and said, “We will ensure that only drains that are required will be taken up. The gradient levels and slopes will be checked. We will ensure that these drains work and we will make all details public,” said an official.
