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Sewer gratings to be made must for multi-storeyed buildings

Saturday, 28 November 2009 09:21 administrator
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The Hindu 28.11.2009

Sewer gratings to be made must for multi-storeyed buildings

K. Lakshmi

320 multi-storeyed buildings were asked to install under pilot project seven months ago

Special buildings, which have three floors, have been included

CHENNAI: Chennai Metrowater is planning to make it mandatory for all multi-storeyed and special buildings to install sewer gratings, as a measure to prevent sewer blocks.

The gratings would filter the solid waste let out from the buildings.

Metrowater officials said about 320 multi-storeyed buildings were asked to install such iron gratings to prevent solid waste from entering the sewer mains under a pilot project about seven months ago.

Two large complexes were identified in each of the 160 depots of the water agency for the project.

Following a 20 per cent reduction in the complaints about sewer blocks after the project was launched, it has been decided to make the gratings mandatory in all other buildings.

The Metrowater depot engineers would meet representatives of large buildings in their limits regarding the project, an official said. Special buildings, which have three floors, have been included in the project. The process to identify such buildings is under way.

Metrowater also proposes to purchase three sewage suction machines to suck in silt and small particles from the sewer pipeline.

Each machine would cost Rs.25 lakh.

The water agency also plans to carry out periodical flushing of the sewer network to bring down incidence of sewer blocks or overflow, the official said.

Last Updated on Saturday, 28 November 2009 09:27
 

“Building rules are flouted”

Friday, 27 November 2009 04:45 administrator
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The Hindu 27.11.2009

“Building rules are flouted”

 

Staff Reporter

NAGERCOIL: The Nagercoil chapter of Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage(INTACH) here has urged the Government to replace the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Building Act 1920 with Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act 1972, in order to demolish illegal constructions with in the Municipal limit.

The provision of approaching the court to condone the violation should be dropped on public interest, said the convener R.S.Lal Mohan.

He said that the roads of the State were getting narrow due to illegal buildings on both sides of the road. The Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Building Act 1920 allowed the violators of the building rules of the Municipality to approach the court and condone the violation by paying Rs.250 to Rs.500 as penalty. After paying the penalty, they can get electricity and water connections.

This was the reason for mushrooming of illegal buildings along the road sides. According to the Tamil Nadu District Municipalities Act 1972 section II, no permission should be given if the boundary of the house was less than 1.3 meter from the road.

But this rule was completely flouted and houses were built even without leaving one feet from the road. Such constructions cause traffic problems and accidents.

Hence it was high time that the Municipal Act 1920 should be replaced, said Mr. Lal Mohan.

Last Updated on Friday, 27 November 2009 04:53
 

Broadway project may be delayed

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 09:42 administrator
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The New Indian Express 24.11.2009

Broadway project may be delayed

G Saravanan


Cars parked near the Apollo Hospitals where a muti-level car parking facility is slated to come up.


CHENNAI: While the construction of a multi-level car parking facility near Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road, is set to begin within a month, a similar project at Broadway has been further delayed because of poor response from the contractors. According to sources, the Chennai Corporation thrice floated tenders for a multi-level car parking facility at the Broadway bus terminus. On all the three occasions, it received poor response, forcing the local body to float a new one with modification in two important conditions.

In their present form, the two conditions stipulate that the developer pays an annual fee of Rs 50 lakh to the Corporation and gets a concession period of 18 years. Both the multi-level car-parking facilities are to be developed under the design, build, operate and transfer (DBOT) system. The concession period stands for the design, build and operate phase before the infrastructure is transferred to the civic body. Since the Broadway area is slowly losing its commercial value thanks to the government’s decongestion initiatives, contractors want the annual fee pegged around Rs 30-40 lakh. They also want the concession period raised to 30 years from 18 years.

Civic body sources said the modified tender papers would be presented to the committees concerned within a couple of weeks before floating it for the fourth time.

The project near Greams Road was awarded to the consortium of MARG Limited and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited through competitive bidding. The consortium would pay Rs 46 lakh as annual fee to the civic body and concession period would be 20 years, including the two-year construction period.

A Concession Agreement had been signed by the consortium with the Chennai Corporation a few months ago. The file related to land reclassification for the project is now with Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) for approval. The CMDA is expected to give it in another month’s time. While both the facilities would be fully automatic, the Greams Road project would have space for 240 equivalent car spaces (ECS), 200 cars and 250 two-wheelers. The Broadway project where the ground floor of the parking facility would be used for the bus stand, envisages 610 ECS, 500 cars and 690 two-wheelers.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 November 2009 09:48
 
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