KOLKATA: As the city awaits the first heavy spell of rain this monsoon, the KMC drainage department has taken special measures to ensure that drainage pumping stations that flush out storm water from the city’s waterlogging-prone pockets do not falter on days when it pours. A KMC official said the pumps at Palmerbazar, Ballygunge, Mominpore, Belgachhia, Ultadanga and Chowbhaga have been serviced and checked to ensure they function properly when required, and departmental executive engineers have been asked to constantly monitor heavy-duty pump sets, particularly on days when there is heavy rain.
While Palmerbazar caters to large areas of north Kolkata, like APC Roy Road, CR Avenue, Beadon Street, Bidhan Sarani and Amherst Street, and several parts of central Kolkata, like SN Banerjee Road and Lenin Sarani, the Ballygunge drainage pumping station is responsible for flushing out storm water from pockets in south Kolkata, including Rashbehari Avenue, Gariahat Road, Ballygunge, SP Mukherjee Road. The Chowbhaga drainage pumping station caters to neighbourhoods around Park Circus and Bypass.
