Patel, Fazel, Thulsie, Gaibie, Kapitan and Chetty streets were the latest to be flooded in the early hours of Monday morning, March 9, according to PR councillor Haseena Ismail.
Large sections of the streets have been prone to flooding every rainy season for over 10 years.
The problem has been attributed to narrow underground storm water pipes.
Ward 29 councillor Imtiaz Loonat told the City Times the Ekurhuleni Roads and Storm Water Department engineers are working on a plan to prevent flooding on the affected streets before September.
Loonat, along with Ismail, has been fighting to put an end to the flooding.
Loonat said engineers from the roads and storm water department told him approximately 1.5km of pipe line has to be widened or upgraded to prevent further flooding.
He added that there is money available for this project.
“We can’t fix the symptoms, we need to fix it once and for all,” he said.
“The infrastructure needs to be changed, to accommodate the rains we get now.
“It is a frustration for me, as a councillor, because every time it rains people’s homes and cars are damaged.
“It’s frustrating because we, as councillors, can’t do the work ourselves.”
Patel Street resident Silven Anasamuthoo had around 50cm of water surrounding his home on March 9.
His home has been affected since he moved into the house in 2003.
Anasamuthoo said he cannot go on holiday in the rainy season because he needs to be home to prevent his home from flooding.
When it rains, he screws steel plates to the brackets to prevent water entering through the doors.
“I cannot live without this plate; it’s my life saver,” said Anasamuthoo, holding one of the heavy plates.
“Our homes and cars have become fish tanks.”
The despondent resident told the City Times he had to sell two of his cars in December, as they were ruined by flooding in his garage.
The walls in his house are also affected by damp.
On Monday, he and his family vacated the house in their cars, and sat in them at the top of the street for three hours, to stop them from being flooded.
The City Times spoke to several other residents on Patel Street, who have complained about the flooding.
The latest incident lead to a wall collapsing and a car being flooded.
