Jaipur, Sep 5
The wall of the Boraj dam in Ajmer collapsed on Thursday night, leading to the flooding of streets with water entering people's homes in Swastik Nagar. There is 5 to 8 feet of water on the streets.
On Friday morning, frustration boiled over as residents blocked roads and shouted slogans against the administration. Locals said they had built their houses by taking loans, but now everything lies destroyed under floodwater. “Our homes are drowned -- how will we repay the bank loans now?” lamented residents
Officials revealed that concerns about soil erosion and the potential breach of the dam had already been raised earlier. As a precautionary step, around 80 houses in Swastik Nagar were evacuated on Thursday.
Meanwhile, officials said that the waterlogging in Swastik Nagar is being tackled with mud pumps, while teams from the Municipal Corporation and ADA continue to remain stationed at the site