Waterlogging, poor drainage have halted industrial activity in West Bengal Panihati municipality for months
Persistent waterlogging and poor drainage in West Bengal's Panihati municipality have severely disrupted industrial and market activities for months. Companies like Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd., Swalka Kel Pvt. Limited, and Jindal Group Pipe Manufacturing Plant have faced closures, leading to significant economic losses and affecting thousands of laborers. Local shop owners also report a drastic drop in customers due to submerged roads, with complaints to the municipality yielding no action.
Why it matters
This situation highlights critical infrastructure failures and their severe economic impact on local industries, businesses, and livelihoods in the region, underscoring the urgent need for effective urban planning and drainage solutions.
After every moderate shower during the monsoons, there is ankle-deep water outside the main gate of Texmaco Rail & Engineering Ltd. located at Panihati Municipality in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas.
Texmaco is a multi-unit engineering and infrastructure company. When the correspondent visited its unit at Panihati in the first week of September, there was ankle-deep water extending up to 500 meters from the main gate of the company.
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