In the Thane Municipal Corporation area, 51% of the drain cleaning work has been completed so far. The Solid Waste Management Department is determined to finish cleaning all the drains before the monsoon begins. More than 90% of the major drains, which are being cleaned using mechanical methods, have already been cleared. Work has now begun on cleaning the smaller drains, especially in areas where large machines cannot reach.
The TMC area consists of around 278 kilometers of both large and small drains spread across its nine ward committee regions. Most of the major drains have already been cleaned mechanically. In densely populated areas where smaller drains are located and where big machines cannot access, manual cleaning has now started.
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Additional Commissioner Prashant Rode, along with all zonal deputy commissioners and senior officials, has been inspecting the ongoing drain cleaning work. During the inspection, Additional Commissioner Rode instructed that the silt removed from the drains should be transported away as quickly as possible. He also stated that the drain cleaning work will be completed within the planned timeframe.
Meanwhile, a dedicated contact system has been established for each ward committee to register complaints related to drain cleaning. Deputy Commissioner (Solid Waste Management) Manish Joshi informed that instructions have been given to address these complaints promptly.
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