Did NMC ignore orange alert issued by weather dept?

Nagpur: Early morning rain on Saturday threw life out of gear for many people living in low-lying areas, along rivers and nullahs as water gushed into their houses and shanties.
Despite orange alert (heavy rain) announced by Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the District Disaster Management Cell and Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s (NMC) control room failed to convey it to citizens and initiate preventive measures.
As a result, eighty-year-old Sandhya Dhore drowned at her home at Surendragadh in West Nagpur. Hundreds of people had to be rescued because their localities got submerged.
Congress leader Dipak Wankhede told TOI, “Sandhya Dhore had paralysis. She was sleeping in one room while her family members were in another room of the pucca house, located adjacent to a big nullah. She drowned as the nullah water swelled and entered their house.”
Wankhede further said that all three big nullahs in West Nagpur over flow after heavy rains, but no alert was issued for people living in low-lying areas on Friday. People could have been shifted to schools or any other safe place if the alert was issued, he said.
Leader of opposition Vijay Wadettiwar alleged negligence on part of the administration. “Poor people and shopkeepers faced losses collectively worth over ₹1,000 crore,” hesaid.
Wadettiwar added that NMC failed to desilt Nag, Pili rivers & nullahs before monsoon.
Former corporator Manoj Sangole said, “No intimation was given to people living along Pili river on Friday. The administration should wake up now and rehabilitate people residing along the river on a permanent basis.”
No NMC official was not present at the control room at night despite a May 25 circular that makes it mandatory for one executive engineer and a deputy engineer to remain present every time an alert is issued. Only staffers of NMC’s fire and emergency services department were present. The top officials reached the control room early in the morning.