Headline : Breach in Barapullah drain wall led to South, New Delhi flooding

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A wall breach and back-flow of water at the Barapullah Drain, one of the significant natural water basins of the capital connected to other smaller drains like it, is being blamed as one the major reasons for the flooding of several locations in South, South East and New Delhi.

A senior PWD official maintained that 80% of desilting of the city’s drainage network under the agency was completed in the first phase but all was brought to naught by the overflow of the Barapullah drain. “Drain water goes into this basin and is released into the Yamuna. But after the downpour, the water level at Barapullah spiked which led to back-flow and triggered heavy waterlogging,” the official said.

Around 200 water-logging complaints were received by the PWD of which 70 were generated from Lajpat Nagar, Jangpura, Moolchand, C R Park, AIIMS, Bhikaji Cama Place, R K Puram, Chirag Dilli, Dhaula Kuan, Naraina, and Rajendra Place among other locations.

What added to the issue, according to an official, was a breach in a wall due to the heavy downpour where the construction of a bund was ongoing.

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