www.expressindia.com - Weather | Horoscope | Stocks | RSS
expressindia web city
HomeBlogsCricketAstrologyShopping TendersClassifieds Opinions Jobs Hotels
Sign In / Register | Archive
Expressindia » Story

Undredged canals may flood low-lying areas in monsoon

Font Size

Express News Service

Posted: Jun 13, 2008 at 0139 hrs IST

Kolkata, June 12 Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya on Thursday slammed the engineers of the Kolkata Environmental Improvement Project (KEIP) for the slow progress in carrying out dredging of canals in Behala. Accompanied by a team of municipal engineers from the planning and development department and the drainage department, the mayor visited the Chariyal, Monikhali and Tolly Nullah canal.

“The KEIP engineers are working slowly. Monsoon has already arrived, but the KEIP has not been able to wrap up the work. The canal beds that have not been dredged may flood Behala,” said Bhattacharya.

The mayor has also written a letter to PWD Minister Kshiti Goswami to ensure proper functioning of the drainage systems before the monsoon. The PWD department looks after the drainage system in Cathedral Road, Akashbani Bhavan area, Bodyguard Lines in New Alipore and SSKM hospital.

Discuss this story on expressindia forums
Post Comments
Name* Email ID*
Subject* Country*
Message*
Characters remaining
 
TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s).
I agree to the terms of use.

Latest News

Business

Showbiz

Sports

'India's growing power makes it a global player'

'1,400 Tamils dying every week in Lankan refugee camps'

China bans Friday prayers at Mosques in riot-hit Urumqi

Nilekani leaves his identity at Infosys to give one to all Indians

Over Rs 14 cr missing in name of Naxal war in Jharkhand

Guj hooch tragedy: Death toll rises to more than 100

J-K police arrest cross-LoC trader for 'hawala payments to militants'

More
© 2009 The Indian Express Limited. All rights reserved
The Indian Express Group | Advertise With Us | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Work With Us | Site Map