The Times of India          28.01.2014

VMC begins work on sewage pumping station at Sardarbaug, Alkapuri

VADODARA: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) kicked off work on a sewage pumping station (SPS) near the Sardarbaug swimming pool in the Vadiwadi area adjoining Alkapuri. The project is coming up at a cost of Rs 1.96 crore.

The SPS had become necessary in wake of the accumulation of sewage water in a depression near the swimming pool. Some water from this also seeped into the swimming pool and users had raised the issue with the VMC recently.

VMC officials said that the new swimming pool will ensure that the problem is taken care of. The project will also ensure that the load on the sewage line from the Genda Circle to the BPC Road via Alkapuri is reduced.

The depression filled with sewage water had also raked up a row recently when a school located near it asked its students to wear clothes that cover their hands and legs in wake of mosquito menace. The opposition Congress in the VMC had come down heavily on the VMC after this suggestion by the school to its students.