OPEN DRAINAGE POSE NUISANCE TO VALPOI RESIDENTS by Abdulla Khan, Valpoi

VALPOI: Residents Valpoi especially houses located behind State Bank of India has to face immense difficulty as the drain here are left open. Open drainages in this area creates unhygienic condition in the locality as well as for the municipality as people dump their domestic garbage and construction debris into this open drainages further chocking the same.

Drainage left open near State Bank of India proving dangerous
to the motorist and road users at Valpoi

It is found that most of the drainage systems in ward no 10 are left open as the concrete covering are not installed over these drainage systems. One of the residents from ward no 9 complains that most of their gutters constructed recently are left open and emanate stink from this open drainage. Another resident pointed that interior roads are narrow and keeping them open without putting concrete covering will be nightmare for the motorist.

Resident says that these drains are hardly cleaned by the sanitary authority and the domestic sewages are also left in this drains which add more to the problem. They also opined that if these drain are not cleaned before monsoon than it will worsen the problem more.

Speaking to the chairperson of VMC, Umesh Gulelkar said that installing concrete covering over the drainage comes under Valpoi beautification project, however due to shortage it is not yet done. ‘GSIDC officials have said that they have ordered for the same and will be put before monsoon’ he told. Meanwhile, Gulelkar further informed that all the cleaning of town drainage system will be undertaken as soon as pre-monsoon meet which has been postponed due to transfer of VMC chief officer.