The New Town authorities held a review meeting this week to monitor their preparedness for the monsoon.
A New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) official said several measures were in place to prevent the three action areas in New Town from getting flooded.
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Many pockets of New Town remained under water a week after the city was lashed with heavy rain, in September last year, as the Bagjola canal and the feeders overflowed.
The official said this year the 235-km peripheral canal that cuts across New Town had been cleaned.
The NKDA has also conducted a clean-up drive of the gully pits and drains.
NKDA chairman Debashis Sen said apart from these steps, they were building four new pumping stations.
