Unplanned digging cause water logging
The first showers of monsoon made commuting on city roads a difficult task, due to water logging. Situation was worse on certain roads where digging operations was on. Areas outside AMC and Auda limits were the worst affected. The BJP alleged that the pre-monsoon plan has failed after first showers of monsoon.

Water logging was reported in certain areas of Odhav, some parts of Maninagar and societies near Vasna barrage. BJP leader in AMC Amit Shah said inspite of their representation to the government as well as AMC, the water level at Vasna barrage in Sabarmati was kept at 132 feet. Water logging was also seen in low-lying areas near the river where drainage pipes have been blocked, he added.

Corporator Rashmi Shukla said slums in the low-lying areas of Maninagar were also affected by water logging. AMC officials have undertaken the task of clearing water logging in the area.

A commuter said the digging work on the ring road that connects Bapunagar and Odhav is a major hassle. "Traffic jams are often seen as one side of the road is blocked due to digging work," he said. AMC has stopped all digging operations in the city. But in Auda area work on 132 feet ring road is still on.

Residents of areas like Bopal, which is outside AMC and Auda limits faced extreme difficulties with water logging in most of the societies.

The area being out of the limits of civic authorities the residents are clueless about whom to approach with their complaints.

Republished from The Asian Age