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Works for sewage treatment plant begins

Friday, 24 December 2010 04:52 administrator
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The Hindu       24.12.2010

Works for sewage treatment plant begins

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. — PHOTO: M. GOVARTHAN

Demand met : Works have commenced for the construction of a sewage treatment plant at the Erode Government Hospital

ERODE: Works for the construction of a new sewage treatment plant at the Erode Government Hospital have begun recently.

The State government had sanctioned Rs. 1.35 crore for the construction of the plant with a capacity to treat over 3.65 kilo litres of water per day. The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board is the implementing agency for the project.

The board will also take care of the operation and maintenance of the plant and the State government will pay the maintenance charges to the board.

The establishment of a sewage treatment facility in Erode government hospital is a long pending demand. People from Erode, Namakkal and Tiruppur districts depend on the hospital for their healthcare needs. The hospital, which has a bed capacity of around 600, gets more than 2,500 outpatients a day.

The hospital administration now discharges water coming from sinks, toilets and bathrooms into the storm water drains of the Erode Corporation without treating it.

After people expressed serious concern over this, the hospital administration had submitted a proposal for the establishment of the sewage treatment plant and received the approval a few months ago. The project is expected to be completed within March 2011.

 

Two sewage treatment plants to be set up at Villupuram

Thursday, 19 August 2010 04:48 administrator
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The Hindu       19.08.2010

Two sewage treatment plants to be set up at Villupuram

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VILLUPURAM: Two sewage treatment plants will be set up at Ka. Kuppam and Erumanthal in Villupuram as part of an underground drainage project being executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, according to Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Managing Director, TWAD Board.

He was speaking to officials after inspecting the project works on Monday.

Mr. Bedi said that while one of the treatment plants would be set up at a cost of Rs. 9 crore to treat nine million litres of a day, another plant would be set up at a cost of Rs. 4.5 crore and treat three million litres of sewage a day. The treated water would be free from odour or sullage and could be used for industrial and agricultural purposes. Of the total distance of 86 km taken up under the underground project, 76 km had been covered so far and roads re-laid on 51 km of the completed portion. As regards places falling under the jurisdiction of the National Highways and the Railways, permission was awaited to take up the project.

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 05:08
 

Water purification plant at Marina

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 04:03 administrator
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The Hindu      16.06.2010

Water purification plant at Marina

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Installed at a cost of Rs.9 lakh, it can treat 9,000 litres every day

— Photo: K. Pichumani

New facility: Beach goers drink from the water purification plant that was inaugurated on the Marina beach on Tuesday.

CHENNAI: Students of 25 more Chennai schools will get access to safe drinking water this year as voluntary organisations have come forward to install purification plants, Mayor M.Subramanian said here on Tuesday.

He was inaugurating a water purification plant installed by the Lions Clubs International District 324 A1 near Labour Statue on the Marina Beach. The facility, installed at a cost of Rs.9 lakh, could treat 9,000 litres of water every day. Nearly 40,000 people visit the beach every day.

Apart from installing a similar plant at the Dr. Visveswaraya Tower Park in Anna Nagar, the Lions Clubs International District 324 A1 would also be providing such facilities in schools at a cost of Rs.2.50 lakh each this year. It has set up a similar facility near the Mahatma Gandhi Statue on the beach, Mr.Subramanian said.

A park is also being created on Spurtank Road with the support of Lions Clubs International, he said.

The Corporation is also constructing three toilet blocks on the Marina at a total cost of Rs.66 lakh.

T. Bhakthavatsalam, District governor, Lions Clubs International District 324 A1, said 68 water purification plants have been installed in various places, including Corporation and government schools in the past three years.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 June 2010 04:05
 
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