NDMC Starts 3-Day Drive To Clean Drainage Ducts To Prevent Waterlogging

New Delhi: The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Saturday launched a three-day drive to check and clean all the bell mouths of drainage ducts along its roads to prevent waterlogging in the national capital due to rains. The drive has come up after several streets and underpasses witnessed heavy waterlogging after rainfall in the recent past.

The NDMC has 8,704 bell mouths along all its main roads under the six divisions of Road Engineering Service. The six road divisions are headed by executive engineers who report to the superintendent engineers, a statement said.

As part of the drive, all divisions are gearing up to check and clean every bell mouth under its jurisdiction.

The drive is being carried out by a special team that includes 17 assistant engineers, 28 junior engineers, 1,500 field staff and other workers under six executive engineers.

Each executive engineer has been directed to clean a specific target of bell mouths, the statement said.