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Srinagar, Jul 25 (Only Kashmir): The Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Thursday witnessed massive waterlogging at different places following few hours of downpour. The downpour though brought much-needed respite from soaring temperatures but caused difficulties to residents due to water-logging in many places.
Reports said the administration came into action instantly by activating dewatering pumps at all locations & deployed sucker machines to combat the situation. 80 Dewatering Stations and 115 mobile units of Drainage Division SMC were engaged in dewatering. UEED activated 10 dewatering stations including 8 around Dal and 1 each at Khanyar and Babdemb.
Massive Waterlogging in Srinagar, @smc_srinagar men @imrankehwah and ors on work. @diprjk @MayorofS @srinagaradmin pic.twitter.com/k9uuIY115a
— Only Kashmir (@onlykmr) July 25, 2019
Reports reaching Onlykashmir[dot]in, that several localities in the Srinagar city were submerged in rainwater on Thursday following a spell of heavy showers in the morning. The main roads at City Center including at Clock Tower, Regal Lane, Residency Road, Hari Singh High Street, parts of Bemina area, Rajbagh-Jawahar Nagar, Mahjoor Nagar, several colonies in Nowgam, Khanyar, Maisuma, Babdemb and other places.
At the time of filing this report, 80% of the submerged areas were cleared. Among others, DC Srinagar Shahid Chowdary, Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran, Commissioner SMC Khurshid Ahmad Sanai, SSP Traffic Tahir Gilani took a first-hand assessment of water-logging situation.
