CHANDIGARH: The 18.6mm rain that lashed town on Thursday submerged maximum of its roads, washing away the tall claims of the municipal company of cleaning stormwater drainage gadget.
Stuck in deep waters, many cars broke down and the rescue teams’ response time was once deficient. The worst-affected had been sectors 26, 47, eight, 9, Industrial Area and villages in the outer edge, the place low-lying areas had been flooded.
After a few hours of downpour, Chandigarh roads was rivers. Residents referred to as up the fireplace brigade to drag out their stuck automobiles and likewise to pump out water from streets and their houses. Many had been noticed locked inside their automobiles that had broken down in the middle of waterlogged roads.
It was once a harrowing time for 2 citizens, who had been stranded when their cars stopped while they had been negotiating an inundated highway near Police Lines. No one got here to their rescue for over an hour. Maj Jairam Tanwar of Panchkula and Sukhvinder Singh of Sector 47 alleged that they had been directed by the UT police officers towards that section of the street with none caution of heavy waterlogging. Their cars, Hyundai Creta and Tata Safari, had been jammed near Police Lines in Sector 26.
They said, “We had been directed by the UT police towards the grain market facet as the street to Sector 26 was once closed due to faculty timings. We weren't cautioned that water in this highway was once deep. We were given stuck round 1.20pm, and for over an hour no person got here to our rescue.”
Around 2.50pm, a rescue workforce arrived at the spot with a restoration van and the two stranded automobiles had been pulled out.
In Industrial Area Phase-I, a car was once completely submerged at the railway underpass. Fire brigade men pulled it out.
In sectors 47 and eight, the location was once worse as MC’s dug-up roads was puddle traps. In Sector eight parking, sewer traces had been laid six months ago, but the trench was once no longer repaired. A couple of hours’ rain became it into a entice during which 4 automobiles were given stuck. Recovery trucks had been referred to as to drag them out.
Stuck in deep waters, many cars broke down and the rescue teams’ response time was once deficient. The worst-affected had been sectors 26, 47, eight, 9, Industrial Area and villages in the outer edge, the place low-lying areas had been flooded.
After a few hours of downpour, Chandigarh roads was rivers. Residents referred to as up the fireplace brigade to drag out their stuck automobiles and likewise to pump out water from streets and their houses. Many had been noticed locked inside their automobiles that had broken down in the middle of waterlogged roads.
It was once a harrowing time for 2 citizens, who had been stranded when their cars stopped while they had been negotiating an inundated highway near Police Lines. No one got here to their rescue for over an hour. Maj Jairam Tanwar of Panchkula and Sukhvinder Singh of Sector 47 alleged that they had been directed by the UT police officers towards that section of the street with none caution of heavy waterlogging. Their cars, Hyundai Creta and Tata Safari, had been jammed near Police Lines in Sector 26.
They said, “We had been directed by the UT police towards the grain market facet as the street to Sector 26 was once closed due to faculty timings. We weren't cautioned that water in this highway was once deep. We were given stuck round 1.20pm, and for over an hour no person got here to our rescue.”
Around 2.50pm, a rescue workforce arrived at the spot with a restoration van and the two stranded automobiles had been pulled out.
In Industrial Area Phase-I, a car was once completely submerged at the railway underpass. Fire brigade men pulled it out.
In sectors 47 and eight, the location was once worse as MC’s dug-up roads was puddle traps. In Sector eight parking, sewer traces had been laid six months ago, but the trench was once no longer repaired. A couple of hours’ rain became it into a entice during which 4 automobiles were given stuck. Recovery trucks had been referred to as to drag them out.
Chandigarh at sea: Tall claims go down drain
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