HYDERABAD: Repeated attempts by residents in Trimulgherri area, that falls under the Secunderabad Cantonment Board (SCB), to get a permanent solution to prevent water logging have gone in vain. Residents claim that 10 minutes of heavy rain leads to hours of chaos and discomfort for them.
“There are two problems here. One, the Trimugherri lake overflows every time it rains and the water flows into nearby colonies. On the other hand, SCB had laid down underground sewerage pipelines for which the outlet is again the lake,” informed N Venkata Ramana, resident of Malani Enclave. This has become far worse after a flaw in the construction of a pipeline, he added.
“Any outlet should be of the same diameter from the start to the end point. However, three years ago, after the construction of a building, they connected one 4 ft pipe to another which is only 2 ft in diameter. At this point, the flow of water becomes slow. So the residents open up manholes which leads to gushing of water,” said Ramana. Open land near their building gets inundated and they have to bear with the stench for at least a week, he added. Talks regarding this were initiated and promises were made, but work hasn’t started, said Ramana.
Residents of areas falling under SCB had to wait till Tuesday morning to clear out water from their homes. Power supply too was snapped, they rued adding that situation is the same, every time it rains. “Generally, they clean up the place on the day after it rains, but with heavy rains lashing on Sunday and Monday, no one turned up. The water started receding only on Tuesday morning,” said Niharika Agarwal from BHEL Colony in Rasoolpura. “When we contacted power supply department, there was no answer. In he morning, we were told that they will get back to us. Power supply started but it was of very low voltage,” said another resident.
Situation was not as bad as expected: SCB
Officials from the Board said the situation was not as bad as they had expected. They received around 35 complaints from across eight wards and most of the areas were cleared of water within two hours. He also said that problem arises only when there is a heavy rain and Monday was an exception.