Drowning of Infrastructure Causes, Effects & Remedies
Authors Er. Vivek Abhyankar, Founder of SGAWings Civil Engineering Consultant and Advisor (OPC), Mumbai & Dr. N. Subramanian, an award-winning author, consultant, and researcher, based at Maryland, USA, present a brief review of the causes, effects, and remedies to prevent drowning of infrastructure in Indian cities during the monsoons.
On July 26th 2005, Mumbai experienced severe flooding (reported as once in a hundred year phenomenon by the officials) and about 900 mm rainfall was recorded within four hours duration. Most of the city infrastructure (roads, railways etc) was drowned, as water accumulated everywhere. The local municipal corporation decided to take action and declared many new plans like banning polythene carry bags of lesser than 20-micron thickness, cleaning of the local Mithi River, relocation of slump areas/huts outside city borders, use of pervious road tops, cleaning of drains before the monsoons, and so on.
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NBM&CW October 2021