Overview

• Parvesh Verma inspected Connaught Place’s Outer Circle late Saturday and again Sunday after heavy rains exposed failures in its century-old barrel drainage system.
• Two high-capacity pumps were installed at the compromised drains to relieve pressure and improve water flow in the area.
• The PWD has initiated a detailed point-by-point study to identify permanent solutions for recurrent waterlogging in central Delhi.
• An official release credited continuous monitoring, timely interventions and rapid on-site action for keeping 34 critical waterlogging hotspots flood-free this year.
• AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj denounced Verma’s delayed inspections as meaningless and demanded he meet the families of eight people killed in recent rain-related incidents.