JNTU: 400 tanks to end clogging

220 major, 700 minor points identified

Experts from JNTU have come out with multiple recommendation to provide a permanent solution to clear water logging points after conducting a comprehensive study.

On a request from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, an expert team headed by Lakshman Rao, director and professor for Centre of Excellence on Disaster Management, JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad (JNTUHCEH), conducted the survey and identified 220 major and around 700 minor water stagnation points that have been causing major inconvenience to commuters even after a light rainfall.

Two hundred engineers worked to find out the permanent solution. The recommendations included geometric sensitisation, pavement strengthening, constructing 400 underground tanks in all public parks, government lands and offices and constructing 1.54 lakh rain water harvesting pits in 625 sq. km. Besides geo-metric sensitisation, experts also called for strengthening the pavement and storm water drains beneath them. The estimated cost of executing the recommendations, which has to be taken up in two phases, would be `400 crore.

Mr Rao said in geometric sensitisation rain water will be carried through steel reinforced polycarbonate pipes from a major water logging points and released at the different location where the water gets cleared easily. “Most of the water logging points have been found on main roads, including metro corridors. According the JNTU recommendation, GHMC has to create two separate collection, on either side of the median where rain water reaches through gravity and it would either released in to nearest nala,” he said.