In addition to revamping the city’s existing storm-water drain network to address urban flooding, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) announced on Thursday that it has developed a concrete plan to address monsoon-related issues.
This year’s monsoon action plan includes the distribution of communication sets to GHMC ward officers, the purchase of a truck equipped with a command control room, and the purchase of advance equipment used by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The truck, which will have officials from various departments stationed in it for better coordination and faster rescue operations, will be used in the event of major accidents such as fires, floods, and building collapses, among other things.
Additional measures taken this year in preparation for the monsoon include increasing the number of DRF teams and keeping Advance Life Support Ambulances on standby. N Prakash Reddy, the GHMC’s Enforcement, Vigilance, and Disaster Management (EV&DM) Director, announced the DRF’s monsoon action plan here on Thursday.
“The DRF teams will be stationed at the strategic locations covering vulnerable inundation/water stagnation points in GHMC limits,” he said.
Due to of the upcoming monsoon season, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has banned road cutting and digging until further orders are issued. However, permissions were granted to government departments and private agencies for road cutting in order to lay optical fiber cable, pipelines, and other infrastructure.
Some of the departments excavating roads were the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB), Transmission Corporation of Telangana Limited (TSTRANSCO), and Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL).
Road cuttings would be halted as part of pre-monsoon preparations, and trench filling with stone dust and temporary restoration would be performed by the departments and agencies that excavated the roads.
The ban is expected to be lifted on October 31, and permission from the GHMC Commissioner is required if there is an urgent need to dig a specific road.
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