Every year, especially during the monsoon, the area under Minto Bridge, at the key traffic junction of deen dayal upadhyaya Marg and Swami Vivekanada Marg (formerly Minto Road), experiences regular water-logging. To fix the problem permanently, PWD has decided to appoint a consultancy firm to develop an independent drainage system for the area. It will be the first time that Delhi will get a separate drainage system for the area. It will be the first time that Delhi wll get a separate drainage system for a particular area. However, no headway has been made yet. The decision to build a separate drainage system was probably triggered by the drowing of a 56-year-old man in the waterlogged area last year following a heavy rain. Police had said Kundan Kumar's van got stuck under the bridge and he couldn't escape. Government officials said the consultancy firm would also be asked to submit a few solutions to renovate the drainage system of the area in a feasible way. Ever since the plan has been chalked out, tenders are being floated, but the talks haven't materialised with any firm. The first two tenders had received poor responses. The thired time, Pwd got two potential bidders, but the process got stuck due to the Covid-19 lockdown. An official said the work would start by early July, but the new drainage system won't be ready during this monsoon. The consultancy work will take three months, following which construction work will begin. The consultancy work will include assessing the existing drainage system and its catchment area and preparing a comprehensive plan for the independent drainage system. Currently, most of the rain water in the areas drains into the Delhi Jal Board lines via a drain measuring 2 meters in diametre. According to an official, the existing drainage system in teh area around Minto Bridge.
