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Board's manhole promise goes down the drain
Durga Kumari was not the only road user who died falling into a manhole on the road. Several others died.
Though the metro water board officials said they would fortify manholes with iron mesh covers, not much has been done in this direction yet. And another monsoon is at the doorstep.
Durga Kumari was not the only road user who died falling into a manhole on the road. Several others died and many were injured during the last monsoon.
There are 80,000 odd manholes in the city of which about 4,000 lead to drains of the size of 3 ft to 8 ft diameter. But the water board has not yet started working on the safety measures.
Iron mesh cover is aimed at preventing people from falling into the uncovered manholes These manholes are deep enough to suck even a six-foot tall man. One can imagine what they could do to children.
Out of 4,000 risk-prone manholes leading to trunk sewers, only 300 are provided with mesh covers. Most of the main roads in the city have trunk sewer under them.
Especially, all the roads that lead to Musi River have trunk sewers up to a radius of 2 km. "Using an unknown road during the rains is nothing short of risking one's life.
Water stagnation on the roads is common in the city. Hence it is impossible for a road user to make out how many manholes are hidden under stagnated water and how many of them lack covers," said B Sanghamitra, an IT professional who rides a two-wheeler.
The metro water board could not keep its promise that all the manholes on the main roads will be given a mesh protection to prevent accidents. The work, which was taken up during the last monsoon, has not been completed yet.
Soon after the death of Durga Kumari, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) announced that the manholes at least on the trunk sewers and the main roads would be provided with iron mesh.
"We are finding out how best the work can be done. We are able to provide mesh to 300 manholes on the trunk sewer. All manholes are not risk-prone, hence we have not covered all of them.
Of course, there is a lot of work to be done, we will see citizens don't face any problem in the ensuing monsoon," water board technical director M Satyanarayana told TOI.
General managers of respective divisions have been made accountable for ensuring all manholes are provide with proper cover, Satyanarayana said.
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