MUMBAI: The flooding caused through the pre-monsoon showers within the city are giving the 200 families dwelling in Khar’s Jay Bharat society sleepless nights. On Monday, round 25 mins of rain caused waterlogging of just about one feet around the society.
Fed up with being marooned all through the rains, many residents have chosen to transport out. A resident from the area who has shifted to an lodging on rent said that he had no choice.
On Tuesday when TOI visited the society, there was once muck throughout. During the rain, water incessantly seeps into the ground-floor properties, ruining furniture, elevators and automobiles. Locals claim that the civic frame has been not able to unravel the issue of waterlogging and augmenting the drain community. But native BJP corporator Swapna Mhatre said that stormwater drain within the space had been wiped clean and culverts along the railway tracks widened just lately.
Anandji Joshi, vice-president of Jay Bharat Residents’ Association, said that they had hopes that the improvement work undertaken mitigate flooding. “However, we discovered that after Monday’s showers, water was once nonetheless getting accrued,” said Joshi.
A tree-fall in Dadar on Monday left a civic sweeper, Laxminarayan Bashirabad partially paralysed. Laxminarayan is receiving treatment at KEM Hospital. The family has amassed Rs 20,000 for a surgical treatment on his hand, however are nonetheless wanting over a lakh for other operations. His family has filed a non-cognisable criticism against the BMC at Dadar police station.
Fed up with being marooned all through the rains, many residents have chosen to transport out. A resident from the area who has shifted to an lodging on rent said that he had no choice.
On Tuesday when TOI visited the society, there was once muck throughout. During the rain, water incessantly seeps into the ground-floor properties, ruining furniture, elevators and automobiles. Locals claim that the civic frame has been not able to unravel the issue of waterlogging and augmenting the drain community. But native BJP corporator Swapna Mhatre said that stormwater drain within the space had been wiped clean and culverts along the railway tracks widened just lately.
Anandji Joshi, vice-president of Jay Bharat Residents’ Association, said that they had hopes that the improvement work undertaken mitigate flooding. “However, we discovered that after Monday’s showers, water was once nonetheless getting accrued,” said Joshi.
A tree-fall in Dadar on Monday left a civic sweeper, Laxminarayan Bashirabad partially paralysed. Laxminarayan is receiving treatment at KEM Hospital. The family has amassed Rs 20,000 for a surgical treatment on his hand, however are nonetheless wanting over a lakh for other operations. His family has filed a non-cognisable criticism against the BMC at Dadar police station.
Khar society fears it'll be marooned once again
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June 07, 2018
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