Jaago GHMC: KCR Sir, save Alwal from flooding this monsoon!

Hyderabad: The focus of the state government seems to be more in beautification of city of Hyderabad particularly the VVIP areas like NTR Marg, GHMC headquarters area while people in many low lying areas of the city continue to suffer with problems like water logging and flooding during monsoon.

Even the main roads become non motorable and with one single heavy shower they get turn into rivulets and GHMC issues instructions be careful from open nalas and do not come out of house unless it is emergency. No effort is made to find permanent solutions though before every elections politicians of all parties make all kinds of promises rue the residents of Alwal Circle.

Talking to Hans India the residents said works were taken up in areas where there was no inundation of water logging while low lying areas remain neglected. Works on Nalas and water drains in affected areas have not been taken up. Even replacing old pipelines has not been done. That is the level of negligence of the civic authorities towards our colonies, the residents said.

The areas which are prone to flooding are West Venkatapuram, BHEL Colony, Bhudevi Nagar, Bharathi Nagar and Harijan Basti. “Every monsoon when we face severe sewage issue, there would be flurry of activity as officials and politicians would visit the areas, get photographed to get into media and assure that permanent measures would be taken up to resolve the problem. But no action follows their assurances, the people of these areas add.

The residents of Bhudevi Nagar pointed out that main problem there was that the Nala has been encroached. Recalling 2020 floods, Srinivas Verma, General Secretary, Greater Alwal Allied Service Association (GAASA), said many colonies got inundated during the floods. Due to lack of proper drainage system along with rainwater, dirty water also gushes out of manholes adding to the woes of the residents.

All appeals to the civic authorities have fallen on deaf years and the only option now they have is to keep buckets ready to manually drain the water from houses between June and September when monsoon would be at its peak, they said.