Chandigarh, Jul 2 (PTI) Punjab Local Government Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Thursday said the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation has set up a tech-enabled “Monsoon War Room” to monitor the city round the clock through 1,700 CCTV cameras and ensure prompt response to monsoon-related issues.
While inspecting the facility set up at Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in MC Zone D, Sarabha Nagar, on Thursday, Bains said the war room streams live HD footage from flood-prone intersections, low-lying colonies and vulnerable drains onto video walls.
In a statement, Bains said that the system would identify inundation within seconds and help map flood spread, enabling teams to be deployed to exact locations, cutting response time from hours to minutes.
After reviewing the real-time analytics, the minister said a dedicated monsoon helpline number will also be launched soon.
Citizens can call the helpline to report water-logging, blocked drains or overflowing drains and the complaint will be logged at the war room instantly.
Each complaint will be geo-tagged on the city map, assigned to the nearest field team and tracked until resolved. The goal is to fix issues at the earliest and let people see the action in real time, he added.
During a subsequent review meeting with officials, Bains laid out an action plan to prevent monsoon-related civic failures. He directed round-the-clock monitoring, desilting of Buddha Dariya and main sewer lines, covering of all manholes to prevent accidents, cleaning of road gullies and urgent patchwork on damaged roads.
“Under Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann’s leadership, we are leaving no stone unturned. ‘Mission Clean Punjab’ is an operational order, not a slogan,” Bains said.
He also warned that officials found negligent in desilting or emergency response will face strict action. Negligence will not be tolerated. PTI CHS APL APL
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