Days ahead of monsoon, only 50 per cent of UT’s road gullies cleared

Residents of Chandigarh should brace for water-logging. Even as monsoon is predicted to arrive in the city on June 25, the civic body has been able to clear only 50 per cent of the road gullies.

There are 30,000 road gullies in Chandigarh and municipal corporation officials said they have been able to clean only around 15,000 gullies.

Chief Engineer of the municipal corporation Shailender said all the road gullies will be cleaned only by July 15. On the delay, he said, “Due to lockdown, certain things were restricted and work couldn’t begin. Moreover, most of the gullies on main roads have been cleaned and those on internal roads are left.”