New Delhi, Oct. 21 -- Since several years, residents of Delhi's Sultanpur, Gadaipur village, Jaunapur village and nearby areas have faced water-logging in the monsoons, and had to wade through flooded roads. Now to provide much-needed relief, the Delhi Government has granted administrative approval and expenditure sanction of Rs 25.60 crore to instal a modern drainage network.
A modern drainage network and two pump houses will be set up at the Mandi Road and Bandh Road in South Delhi's Chhatarpur area, in a move to provide permanent solution to one of the city's most persistent water- logging hotspots.
The project follows a site inspection, conducted by PWD and Water Minister Parvesh Verma in July, when heavy rain had left the stretch bad...