City Municipal Commissioner reviews snow clearance, dewatering drives in Srinagar

Srinagar/Dec,3 : Commissioner SMC Mr Gazanfar Ali today conducted meeting with all the senior Officers of the Corporation to review snow clearance and dewatering exercise in the city after a fresh spell of snow fall here at ward office SK Park Lal Chowk. He was informed in the meeting that there was a swift removal of snow from the main stretches in a drive that started early morning from all the areas including LalChowk, Habba Kadal,MA Road, Hassanabad, SafaKadal, Harisingh High Street, Zero Bridge,DCOffice, Secretariat road ,Naalimar road, Qamarwari, Noorbagh etc.
The meeting was attended by Joint Commisssioner adm Syed Abul Qasim, S.E Drainage Ahsaan ul Haq , Chief Sanitation Officer Mudasir Banday, Chief Transport Officers Syed Nisar, corporator Tanveer Pathan and others. During the course of meeting Mr Ali passed on directions to be attentive and ensure snow clearance from all the city lanes , worship places , Hospitals , Roads , important institutions etc by putting men and machinery on job So that no resident faces any inconvenience due to snow accumulation.He said the immediate priority was to ensure all roads leading to hospitals and religious places, including shrines and gurdwaras, are cleared for movement of people and traffic.
Commissioner SMC was informed that all the men and machinery including JCB’s , Hoppers and vehicles are in a state of readiness and already on job for snow clearance. Similarly the meeting informed that besides 85 Permanent dewatering stations which are fully functional , the services of 32 mobile pumps are being utilised / deputed to to cater to water logging issues in different areas in the city.