Delhi prepares for monsoon: PWD completes 82 pc of drain desilting work

AS the monsoon arrives in the national capital, civic agencies race towards completing the desilting work with PWD and have completed 82 per cent of the work, according to a statement issued on Monday.

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Irrigation and Flood Control Department has completed 100 per cent desilting of large drains, officials said on Monday.

Waterlogging is a serious problem that the city faces, disrupting traffic movement every year during monsoon season. The Public Works Department (PWD, which manages 2,148 kilometres of drain network across the city roads, carried out the work in 35 packages this year.