#Top 5 Measures To Control Monsoon

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The civic body authorities need to be admonished for their negligence and indifferent attitude towards public issues. Even a two-hour spell of rain leaves areas of the city and villages inundated causing a great inconvenience to residents. Over the years, the lack of proper drainage system during the rainy season leads to waterlogging in areas, resulting in big potholes on roads and accidents.

In order to tackle the problem of waterlogging in the city, here are some few solutions:


1. Increase the natural space along riverbanks and in flood plains to enable safer riverine flooding


  • Returning vegetation to this land helps to increase water infiltration, decrease the likelihood of flooding and reduce damage when the river does flood. 
  • For example, Portland, Oregon has restored the crystal springs creek and its watershed to reduce flood risk and improve the local environment for residents and
    wildlife. 
  • Seoul dismantled a 10-lane motorway and elevated highway to restore the cheonggyecheon stream that ran beneath it, providing enhanced flood protection and creating a new urban park that attracts more than 50,000 visitors daily, boosting the local economy, air quality and public-transit ridership.  

2. Avoid new development on wetlands and floodplains
  • Ensure that no new development in these zones is adapted to reduce flood risk through the following measures.
  • Philadelphia is one example of a city regulating development in flood-plain areas, including a mandatory flood-protection scoping meeting before submitting a permit application. 



3. Rainwater Harvesting
  • The main motive of the system is to store the water as soon as it falls on the roof
    so that the artificial impurities don’t get mixed with the rainwater thus polluting it.


4. Reduce debris and waste in the drainage system to reduce blockages

  •         Ensure your city has universal waste system and disposal systems to reduce the dumping of waste. Uncollected waste is a common cause of blockages, contributing to localised flooding. 
  • All cities can also raise awareness of what can and cannot be flushed down drains.
  •      For example, New York City launched the trash it, don't flush it campaign, while london made headlines by working with the Museum of London to install a ‘fatberg’ in an exhibition dedicated to the waste in the city’s sewers.


 


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