The Dwarka underpass, an important link between south-west Delhi and NH-8 turned into a 20 feet deep waterpool after the heavy rainfall on 27th July 2009. Two buses along with some other vehicles were submerged in the Dwarka underpass on the Dwarka-Kapashera link road near the IGI Airport. The busy road that connects south-west Delhi to areas like Narela, Dwarka, Najafgarh, Kapashera was closed for commuters. Watch the video. A similar situation also occurred during August 2007 when vehicles were submerged in the underpass filled with rain water.
This speaks about the alertness on part of the MCD when it refused to learn from past experience and did not make proper drainage system. To make things even worse, the water was not cleaned up by Friday, the 31st of July 2009, four days since the rain. This basically closed on of the links between West Delhi and Gurgaon, and all the traffic was diverted on alternate routes. The Palam route saw the most of the traffic and people were stuck for more than 2-3 hrs as compared to the 30-40 minutes daily run. The traffic was so heavy that the link roads were flooded, the fly overs hard to climb and then to walk down, the red lights getting cursed.
If this is the situation of the Capital of our Country, I could very well imagine the conditions in other parts of the country. It is also worthy to point that Delhi is still devoid of the rains and 27th was the only day when there was considerable rain. This is a big worry when I think about the time when the monsoons set in properly. I could not even see any change just appearing, things need time and planning to actually come up and be successful. Lets hope something happens pretty quickly otherwise we are in for big trouble.
This speaks about the alertness on part of the MCD when it refused to learn from past experience and did not make proper drainage system. To make things even worse, the water was not cleaned up by Friday, the 31st of July 2009, four days since the rain. This basically closed on of the links between West Delhi and Gurgaon, and all the traffic was diverted on alternate routes. The Palam route saw the most of the traffic and people were stuck for more than 2-3 hrs as compared to the 30-40 minutes daily run. The traffic was so heavy that the link roads were flooded, the fly overs hard to climb and then to walk down, the red lights getting cursed.
If this is the situation of the Capital of our Country, I could very well imagine the conditions in other parts of the country. It is also worthy to point that Delhi is still devoid of the rains and 27th was the only day when there was considerable rain. This is a big worry when I think about the time when the monsoons set in properly. I could not even see any change just appearing, things need time and planning to actually come up and be successful. Lets hope something happens pretty quickly otherwise we are in for big trouble.
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