Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Vinai Saxena said on Friday that the major drains in the city are being cleaned to overcome the problem of waterlogging in Delhi that has been plaguing the city every monsoon season.
On one hand, while the rainy season comes as a break from the long spell of summer, the monsoon is also the time for problems associated with rains.
Many people face Gut problems as they are inevitable during the monsoon season.
The KMRCL engineers are using a technology called ‘shotcrete’ which is a method of firing grouting material like gunshots on the vertical surface.
State Disaster Management Authority Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said the monsoon season that spanned from 13 June to 8 October in the state, had resulted in the deaths of 481 persons.
No rain is forecast till August 16, however, Delhi will only find some respite from the heat when light showers or thunderstorms, or both are predicted from Tuesday.
The highest number of casualties has been reported in Shimla with 34 deaths, followed by Kangra (25), Sirmaur (23), Chamba (21), Mandi (19), Lahaul-Spiti (18), Kullu (17), Solan (16), Una, Kinnaur (13 each), Bilaspur (12) and Hamirpur (5) in the period from 13 June to 3 August, he added.
Wet clothes increase the moisture level, increase the friction among the inner sides of the thigh and hence increase the chances of skin infection, rashes.
According to Agriculture Ministry, the total Kharif crops have been sown on 1,062.93 lakh hectare area against 979.15 lakh hectare during the corresponding period last year, thus increase in area coverage by 8.56 per cent.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is taking measures to ensure that every drainage pump remain functional during this monsoon season…
