To avert any waterlogging or flooding situation during the G20 Summit, the Delhi Fire Service (DFS) will deploy four heavy-duty dewatering trucks borrowed from the Gujarat government, Raj Niwas officials said on Monday.
The equipment, specially borrowed from Ahmedabad, has been placed at Rajghat and ITPO to prevent any flooding or waterlogging-related issues if it rains in the national capital during the G20 Summit.
The G20 Leaders’ Summit is scheduled to be held from September 9–10 at a newly built international convention and exhibition centre—Bharat Mandapam—at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi.
Vehicles equipped with high-capacity suction pumps have been brought in by DFS to deal with any contingency like the one recently, where the area in and around the Rajghat and ITPO were submerged after heavy rains, the officials said.
Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena, during his review meetings in the run-up to the summit, repeatedly stressed putting in place a comprehensive and foolproof contingency plan in and around the G20 venues to deal with waterlogging or flooding situations in the city in case it rains heavily during the event. On Sunday, the LG accompanied the Principal Secretary to PM P K Mishra and inspected these vehicles stationed at ITPO.
Two such vehicles each have been deployed at Rajghat and ITPO and can be moved anywhere as per the requirement, the officials sai
