The Public Works Department (PWD) on Monday declared that the Pragati Maidan tunnel is swamped with rainwater after the personal designer building the neighboring Pragati Maidan disposed stormwater into the center. The department has actually submitted an authorities problem versus the designer worried, authorities familiar with the advancement said.
The Pragati Maidan tunnel stayed shut for traffic a 2nd day on Monday as the vital center, that accommodates a big volume of traffic in between east Delhi and main Delhi, stayed flooded. PWD authorities said the tunnel is most likely to be resumed for traffic by Tuesday early morning.
A senior PWD authorities said, “The Pragati Maidan tunnel has a large design capacity and can handle much water. However, one entry/exit of the tunnel opens directly inside the Pragati Maidan parking area, which hardly has any drainage. As a result, the water from the flooded Pragati Maidan premises was simply let out into the tunnel. We also got to know that on Sunday, rainwater containing silt and construction debris was pumped into the tunnel.”
The PWD authorities, decreasing to be called, said, “The tunnel has become dirty, and drains have become blocked. We are now getting it all cleaned and are draining the water, which will be done by late in the night and we can open the tunnel by Tuesday morning.”
HT connected to the designer, however its authorities did not react to ask for remark.
A 2nd PWD authorities said that the tunnel is developed to deal with a big quantity of rains, with 7 high-capacity sumps repaired with automated pumps enabling the center to drain pipes around 950 litres of water per 2nd. “However, it is bound to overflow if, right after unprecedented high rainfall, muddy water is also being pumped inside the tunnel,” the second authorities said.
The authorities said that a problem has actually been submitted at the Tilak Marg police headquarters, though cops did not verify this.
