Hakim: Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim sets priorities, pays attention to Behala and Bypass waterlogging. Kolkata News – Times of India

Kolkata: Assigned to run Kolkata Municipal Corporation by party chief Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata Mayor nominated Firhad doctor The action began on Thursday evening, planning to take forward major infrastructure projects undertaken over the past few years that would bring maximum benefits to citizens over the next six months.
Hakim’s primary concern is to fix a failing drainage network in areas across the city, especially in areas larger than Behala, Jadavpur and EM Bypass. The civic brass needs to put pressure on the officials overseeing the drainage upgrade project under the Kolkata Environment and Infrastructure Improvement Project (KEIIP) funded by the Asian Development Bank to expedite the upgrade work so that residents can see a visible change in the next monsoon.
Hakam also said that KMC Residents of low-lying areas of the city will need to modernize their old drainage pumping stations to relieve the problem of water logging, with some ineffective pumps replaced with modern ones. “Hakim sir has made it clear to us that citizens should not suffer from floods every monsoon. Accordingly, we have launched some schemes to provide relief to the citizens from floods in those areas which are known to be waterlogged,” said a senior official of the KMC drainage department.
Water supply is another area where Hakim has set his eyes and set a deadline for the completion and completion of augmentation projects for residents who still depend on groundwater. According to an official of the KMC water supply department, KMC’s focus was to increase the capacity of the Jai Hind water treatment plant at Dhapa and build a plant at Garia to provide water for lakhs of residents living away from the bypass and Tollygunge-Jadavpur. shortage can be reduced. Belt.
According to the election manifesto, Hakim said that KMC will work hard to reduce air pollution in the city so that residents can breathe easily. “We have already procured equipment to clear the dust and suspended particulate matter from the main roads of the city. We will buy more equipment to cover larger areas of the city in future,” Hakim said. He said that the biggest responsibility of the new board would be greenery of the city.
Reply to Chief Ministers appeal To make Kolkata the best city across the world, Hakim on Thursday said a roadmap is being planned for the city to take up development projects in a big way.

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