Drain Silting

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Delhi spends tons of money on annual exercise of de-silting of drains throughout the urban part before onset of the Monsoon. Both Legislative assembly & Municipal Corporation debate this issue of de-silting & delay in de-silting vigorously every year. Accusations are hurled every year by whosoever is in opposition.

It seems, silting to a major extent is preventable. A major reason for accumulation of sediment in the drains is negligence. Please look at the Dwarka pictures carefully. Sweeper has inadvertently ( or intentionally?? ) left mounds of dirt & trash near the mouth of drain. A burst of rain is enough to wash major portion of accumulated trash to enter the drain. Even, during de-silting operation, removed silt is heaped together near drain-mouth. One spell of rain and we are back to square one.

Isn't prevention better than cure?