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Amid growing public frustration over repeated urban flooding, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday formally launched Rapid Action Teams (RATs) to provide a swift response to waterlogging and drainage failures during the monsoon season.
The initiative, inaugurated by Mayor Sulochana Das, aims to strengthen real-time ground intervention in vulnerable areas by deploying mobile teams equipped with pumping machinery and drainage tools, as per a BMC post on X (formerly Twitter).
The RATs have been structured across three municipal zones, with each team comprising four members trained and resourced to address localise...