Minister Atishi cross-checks & monitors waterlogging plaints

Delhi PWD minister Atishi on Wednesday inspected the centralised monsoon control room, which keeps eye on severely waterlogged areas of city through CCTV, at the department’s headquarters, a statement said.

Demonstrating hands-on leadership, Atishi personally monitored and cross-checked today’s waterlogging complaints with the control room data, it said.

She tracked the deployment of maintenance vehicles across the city via GPS, ensuring a proactive response to the monsoon challenges, the statement said.

During her visit, Atishi instructed the officials to submit a report of the places across Delhi that faced waterlogging problems on Wednesday and what steps the department has taken to resolve it, it said.

She also instructed that all the officials should ensure that any complaint of waterlogging is resolved as soon as possible and people do not have to face problems, it said.