Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC), which claimed to have issued notices to 2,570 property owners for having mosquito breeding grounds in their respective establishments, has itself not done anything substantial for draining accumulated rainwater at various places in the city, posing health hazards to citizens.
There are many places particularly near bus stand and bus stoppages, which have a perennial problem of rainwater accumulation.
A case in point is the beneath of Shahid Gowari flyover between Rani Jhansi Square and Panchsheel Square, where a pool of rainwater has formed.
Rainwater, accumulated in the low-lying areas and ponds in the city, are posing health hazard to the citizens, courtesy negligence and indifferent attitude of the NMC that is not draining it out from the streets and roads.
TOI visited several spots which have become an ideal ground for mosquito breeding and flies.
Shopkeepers told TOI the water accumulation has become an annual feature with the arrival of monsoon. “Every year, the rainwater gets accumulated and forms an ideal ground for filth,” Roshan Tidke, a roadside vendor, said.
There is also a deteriorating sanitary condition in the city which is facing the threat of being submerged in rainwater in case of a single heavy rain.
On Thursday, standing committee chairman Pradip Pohane, however, convened a meeting of malaria department officials and directed them to start penalizing every one if mosquito breeding grounds found in their establishments or vicinity.
Even the NMC had identified as many 192 low-lying areas where rainwater got accumulated but no action was taken.
A health department official said that they were doing everything possible to drain out the stinking water from the low-lying areas but were facing problems like absence of machinery for such operations. “Another issue is the shortage of manpower trained for such jobs,” he said and blamed citizens for dumping garbage in the open that blocks the outlets of storm water networks.
There are many places particularly near bus stand and bus stoppages, which have a perennial problem of rainwater accumulation.
A case in point is the beneath of Shahid Gowari flyover between Rani Jhansi Square and Panchsheel Square, where a pool of rainwater has formed.
Rainwater, accumulated in the low-lying areas and ponds in the city, are posing health hazard to the citizens, courtesy negligence and indifferent attitude of the NMC that is not draining it out from the streets and roads.
TOI visited several spots which have become an ideal ground for mosquito breeding and flies.
Shopkeepers told TOI the water accumulation has become an annual feature with the arrival of monsoon. “Every year, the rainwater gets accumulated and forms an ideal ground for filth,” Roshan Tidke, a roadside vendor, said.
There is also a deteriorating sanitary condition in the city which is facing the threat of being submerged in rainwater in case of a single heavy rain.
On Thursday, standing committee chairman Pradip Pohane, however, convened a meeting of malaria department officials and directed them to start penalizing every one if mosquito breeding grounds found in their establishments or vicinity.
Even the NMC had identified as many 192 low-lying areas where rainwater got accumulated but no action was taken.
A health department official said that they were doing everything possible to drain out the stinking water from the low-lying areas but were facing problems like absence of machinery for such operations. “Another issue is the shortage of manpower trained for such jobs,” he said and blamed citizens for dumping garbage in the open that blocks the outlets of storm water networks.
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