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Agartala City Flooding ! Political Blame-Storm kicks off : Netizens troll Biplab Deb’s failed promise of reducing water-logging
TIWN May 4, 2019
Agartala City Flooding ! Political Blame-Storm kicks off : Netizens troll Biplab Deb’s failed promise of reducing water-logging
PHOTO : Views of Agartala city. TIWN May 4, 2019

AGARTALA, May 4 (TIWN): Political blame-storms have begun at its full as Agartala City is flooding again due to rain led by cyclonic wave Fani. The city has been locked in water-logging, vehicles are immovable, people are unable to move out of homes. Referring Chief Minister Biplab Deb’s previously made promise to the people of Tripura that from 2019 there will be no water-logging in the city, Congress leader, MP candidate Subal Bhowmik said, various promises like barrage over Howrah river was made by the Chief Minister but today all his promises are in vain. “There is no sign of barrage at the river Howarh even after crossing 1 year, whether he promised that within few months the barrage / power plant will be made. I am unable to move out of home. Don’t whether in the name of Ek-Tripura-Shrestha Tripura, Biplab Deb is taking towards Ek-Tripura-Dhonsho Tripura because the situation is worse than the last year”. On the other side, BJP supporters have blamed Agartala Municipal Corporation which is dominated by the CPI-M. Water-logging has been a part of monsoon-horror specially in the capital city Agartala. Netizens have also blamed ruling Govt for its failure to bring a minimum developmental sign.

Huge publicity was gained by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb in 2018 by walking on knee-level water at Agartala city, blaming the previous CPI-M Govt, assuring no more water-logging will be seen in 2019. At first he said, in 2018 there would not be any water-logging and then he modified his claim asking the people of Tripura to give him one year and there would not be any such water-logging since 2019. On May 18, Chief Minister Biplab Deb slamming the previous CPI-M govt for constructing unscientific drainage system across the city Agartala in last 25 years said that BJP Govt will now solve all the issues. Biplab Deb said “Now Govt has changed and so the work culture will also be changed. Within 15 days I have ordered to recover the drainage system of the city. Hence, no flood this year will be experienced. It’s not possible for me to compete all works within 15 days or 1 month and when already monsoon has been started, work can not be continued much in drainage system's recovery”.

“Agartala city, especially my own constituency Banamalipur is hit by water-logging problems every year. Before the election, they asked nothing from me but urged to end the water-logging problem of the locality. I appealed the common men to allocate me few time as in one day I can not complete all drains. Unscientific coverage of the drains led the city to flood in each monsoon. That’s why I have immediately released Rs. 7 crores, but in this monsoon nothing much can be done. However, I assure that in the next monsoon there will be no flood”, Biplab Deb told media.

But today the Govt is extremely lacking public sympathy when in each dept the Govt has been failed with its zer-deficit budget. 

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