1 lakh silt catch pits mapped; to be cleaned by July 31
More than 67,000 pits were cleared in the past few days, and the remaining be completed by the end of this month, officials said. To complete the process before the onset of monsoon, the civic body has procured additional vehicles and deployed workers in two shifts.
"Cleaning silt catch pits will prevent inundation during monsoon. Plastic waste and sludge clogged the pits stop excess rainwater from draining. This leads to waterlogging on the roads," said GCC Commissioner J Kumaragurubaran.
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"Mapping, cleaning and geo-tagging each of them will help us maintain them better," he said.
While 90,000 pits were identified and uploaded to the app used by corporation officials. A target was set to photograph and upload 100 percent of the catch pits to the app by July 31. Once mapped, a unique code will be generated for each catch pit.
"Once the mapping is done, the catch pits are cleaned in parallel. We receive daily reports through the app, and zonal-level officials are instructed to upload before and after photos of the cleaned pits.
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As of July 2, 67,270 silt catch pits were cleared, and work is in progress on 8,544 more. Officials were directed to complete the task by the end of this month," added the commissioner.
Due to a shortage of vehicles, both mechanical and manual cleaning methods are still being used.The GCC is geo-tagging each pit after it is cleaned, with a target to photograph and upload 100% of mapped pits to their app by July 31. Additional vehicles have been procured, and workers are deployed in two shifts to expedite the cleaning process.
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