SCB takes flood prevention measures in vulnerable cantonment colonies

A senior sanitation wing official of the SCB told ?Telangana Today? that the works were being carried out as part of measures aimed at ensuring smoother drainage during the monsoon season. The focus is also on preventing flooding in areas located along the two major nalas- ? Patny Nala and Hasmathpet Nala- ? in the Cantonment area.

A senior sanitation wing official of the SCB told ?Telangana Today? that the works were being carried out as part of measures aimed at ensuring smoother drainage during the monsoon season. The focus is also on preventing flooding in areas located along the two major nalas- ? Patny Nala and Hasmathpet Nala- ? in the Cantonment area.

Two earth



movers were deployed in these two nalas, and with an aim of completing the works in another couple of weeks, the official said.

The desilting works began mainly at Patny Nala in Rasoolpura, where residents of Patny Housing Colony, Paigah Colony, Viman Nagar, and BHEL Colony experienced major inundation during last year?s monsoon.

The nala passes through Mahendra Hills, East and West Marredpally, Seshachalam Colony, Picket, Balamrai, Jubilee Bus Station (JBS) surroundings, and up to Rasoolpura.

Officials of SCB had then demolished illegal structures that became a major bottleneck on the Patny Nala, shrinking the passage, resulting in inundation.