Dehradun Dated 23rd August 2023, District Magistrate Smt Sonik inspected the waterlogged area in Rishikesh today. During the inspection, the District Magistrate instructed the officers of the concerned departments to drain the water as well as spray pesticides. The District Magistrate instructed the officers of the concerned departments that relief work should be done on a war footing and no negligence should be done in the works.
The District Magistrate inspected the waterlogged area of Hanumantpur Ganga Vihar, Ambagh, Gumaniwala in Rishikesh. During this, he instructed the officials of the Irrigation Department and PWD to channelize the water for drainage and the Municipal Corporation to spray insecticides along with cleaning. During the inspection in Rishikesh Aamwala area, the District Magistrate directed the officials to take immediate action to get rid of the problem of water logging and to channelize the drain water so that it does not enter the residential area. Along with this, along with drainage of water in all waterlogged areas, instructions were also given to spray insecticides and fogging.
He instructed for a permanent solution to get rid of waterlogging and as an immediate relief, directed to work on a war footing to drain water from the area. He instructed Municipal Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Rishikesh and Deputy District Magistrate Rishikesh to work on a war footing in coordination with the concerned departments. During the inspection in Amawala, Gumaniwala, people told the District Magistrate that canals and drains have been bridged in the area, due to which the situation of waterlogging has arisen in the area, on which the District Magistrate instructed to mark the encroachment on the river drains, Instructions were also given to mark the encroachments done by bridging the old routes and drains of river drains and to remove the encroachment. For this, the District Magistrate instructed Municipal Commissioner Rishikesh and Deputy District Magistrate Rishikesh to take action by coordinating with each other.
During the inspection, Municipal Commissioner Municipal Corporation Rishikesh Rahul Goyal, Deputy District Magistrate Rishikesh Yogesh Mehar, officers of concerned departments of Irrigation, PWD, Revenue, etc. were present.