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Agra: Rain spoiled the appearance of ‘smart city’, roads became hollow, car submerged in rail underpass, see photos A to Z Counsel

Agra: Rain spoiled the appearance of 'smart city', roads became hollow, car submerged in rail underpass, see photos


The roads of the metropolis became hole due to three days of rain in Agra. Sewer, water and gasoline pipelines had been laid at many locations in the metropolis and roads had been left with out compaction of the soil. There had been deep pits at about 40 such locations. The streets had been waterlogged. On Friday, 5 ft of water was flooded in the Prakash Nagar rail underpass, due to which a car was submerged in the underpass, the driver someway saved his life.

The incident occurred round 2 pm. A individual from Rambagh was making an attempt to go via Prakash Nagar underpass with a car. He couldn’t guess the depth of the water and the car began sinking in the center of the underpass. The driver panicked. During this, the folks round additionally reached the spot and so they took him out. Adil of Prakash Nagar says that each rain this underpass will get waterlogged. Two years in the past a passerby has additionally died by drowning.

On Friday, roads together with Nunihai, Awas Vikas Colony, Jeevani Mandi, Albatia Road, Bodla Jagdishpura Road had collapsed inflicting big potholes. Tractors and vans had been additionally caught in these potholes together with two wheelers and 4 wheelers, whereas many autos bought caught in the pits and overturned. Due to this there was site visitors jam for the entire day.

Last yr, after the excavation performed for laying the sewer line in Sector-8 of Awas Vikas Colony, the water company constructed a highway with out compacting the soil, which collapsed on Friday. There was a 15-feet lengthy pit, in which two cyclists fell, whereas the bike rider fell in the darkish in the night. Here the dimension of the pit is rising repeatedly.

In entrance of the District Industries Center in Nunihai, the highway was submerged final yr as nicely. This time too there was a 15 ft lengthy pit. A half of the culvert collapsed right here. Traffic got here to a standstill on Nunihai Road due to the pothole brought on by the highway collapse. Etmadpur MLA Dharampal Singh inspected the scenario. Near Bodla Sabzimandi, a pit greater than 10 ft additionally occurred.

Agra Smart City Company has laid water pipeline on Jeevanmandi Road. There are greater than 12 potholes on the highway on Jeevanmandi highway itself, the place it has develop into troublesome for the drivers to stroll. Four vehicles bought caught in it in the afternoon due to two to three ft broad and deep potholes, which might be pulled out with the assist of one another.

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