Nirupama Viswanathan ByExpress News ServiceCHENNAI: Though a whopping Rs 200 crore has been spent to mitigate floods in T Nagar under the Smart Cities Mission in the last three years, the city’s first monsoon showers seem to have pushed that money down the drain. A large portion of these funds were spent on the area-based development project. In T Nagar, the Chennai corporation had spent over Rs 110 crore to construct stormwater drains during 2019-2021 and under area-based development of the Smart Cities Mission, nearly Rs 80 crore was spent to restore the Mambalam canal to help divert rainwater in the area to mitigate floods. For the second consecutive day, the GN Chetty Road , an arterial road, which is also covered under the area-based development of the Smart Cities Mission, was waterlogged. So, we have upgraded from nine lines to 30 lines so that 30 calls can be answered at once,” Bedi said.

Source: Indian Express November 09, 2021 10:56 UTC