As stated by a senior WASA official, the government of Japan is donating a range of modern equipment like cranes, high powered pressure pumps etc to keep city's sewerage lines clean and flowing.

So long WASA had been engaged in manually clearing sewers that was not only time consuming but also posed serious health hazards for its workforce. The authorities now feel that with the availability of the right type of equipment their job would be that much easier.

For all we know, the entire sewerage system in the city generally remains choked by solid wastes and sand. The DCC's capacity for removing 400 tons of garbage out of the total amount of 2000 tons generated per day is also routinely contributing to the drainage problem. The biggest issue stems from DCC's garbage mismanagement at city's kitchen markets.

The fact remains that choked sewerage system has been a perennial problem for the city dwellers for years especially during the monsoon season. The resulting water logging is posing serious health hazards as one of the major problems has been contamination of the domestic water supply system. Besides, severe traffic congestion is another upshot.

We therefore urge WASA to take up this task of clearing and cleaning city's sewerage system in real earnest now that it would have at its disposal the equipment to effectively accomplish the job. We take the opportunity of thanking the Japanese government for the prospective assistance. Needless to say that the administration too has to come forward and provide all out support to WASA's efforts, from start to finish. DCC too must actively join hands with WASA and complement its efforts.