Kolkata Municipal Corporation on alert amid cyclone Asani forecast

In view of cyclone ‘Asani’, the Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC) has put its staff and catastrophe administration groups on alert.

“Leaves of the staff of the Kolkata Municipal Company have been cancelled as a part of the preparation until Thursday or so long as the consequences of a melancholy or cyclone stay,” stated Municipal Commissioner Vinod Kumar in a press release.

The Alipore Meteorological Division has predicted per week of rain in Kolkata and the districts of South Bengal.

Whereas Mayor Firhad Hakim has divided duty amongst metropolis councils to handle the town’s stagnant water downside, the Kolkata Municipal Company has divided obligations by borough.

The state municipal company has additionally been tasked with making ready 77 drainage pumping stations throughout the town. It has been requested to take precautions to make sure that any collected water is shortly drained.

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On Monday morning, just a few hours of rain inundated components of the town, together with, Patipukur, Camac Avenue, Loudon Avenue, and part of Mahatma Gandhi Street. As well as, components of Diamond Harbor Street in South Kolkata have been discovered to be in knee-deep water. Flooding had additionally slowed site visitors within the metropolis.

Taking classes from the devastating results of the ‘Amphan’ tremendous cyclone in Might 2020, the KMC administration is taking all precautions, together with retaining cranes, electrical saws, and earthmovers on standby to clear blockades attributable to fallen timber and different particles.

DGs of all departments, together with municipal sewerage, rubbish cleansing, horticulture division, civil and lighting, and water provide have been requested to make preparations as they did on the time of cyclone ‘Amphan’.

(With PTI enter)

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