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Dimapur,Jan 17 (MExN): A city thriving with glittering complexes, fancy cars and farm houses, Dimapur is a land of dreams for many people. It is estimated that every year thousands of families migrate from other districts and states to settle down in Dimapur. With the increase in the flow of migrants, the city is getting crowded beyond its capacity. To accommodate this growing population, haphazard constructions are causing a web of problems for the city. One glimpse of these colossal problems makes it clear that Dimapur is in need of proper urban planning.
On of the biggest problems facing the city toady is the sewage system. Dimapur has no proper drainage system and this has been a major stumbling block in maintaining proper roads within the city. The Dhobinullah colony is one of the most effected places without proper sewage system. During monsoons, with nowhere to flow into, rainwater reaches waist level. New Market is another place where people can hardly step into, almost all year round. Residential colonies like PWD and Supply are some areas of the city which have no drains, causing flooding problems.
However, the sewage problem is not so much of not having a sewer. Dimapur is not a planned township and to start making drains now is a bigger problem. During the demolition drive carried out by the Dimapur Municipal Council, the civic body encountered multiple cases of encroachment over drains. In places where drainage systems are in place – including the city’s main roads – drains are not well maintained. Most of them are clogged with plastic and other wastes which block the drains causing dirty water to flow into the roads. This is a compounding problem which even the civic body cannot handle. All the drains in the heart of the city are choked with waste, second only to the DMC’s waste dumping ground.
Dimapur’s sewage system is a lesson in the limits of urban planning. Unless all upcoming urban infrastructure comes under certain construction guidelines, added with more public civic sense, the city may soon lose its glittering image.
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