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550 portable pumps for de-watering operations

NEW DELHI: In view of the early arrival of the monsoon in the Capital, officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi will now have to personally supervise de-watering operations in water-logged areas. At a review meeting on Monday, MCD Standing Committee Chairman Vijender Gupta said the civic body officials had been provided with 550 portable de-watering pumps to take care of vulnerable points across the city.