The Indian Express 21.08.2012
Sewer manhole damaged at Ferozepur Road
The damaged sewer line near Sidhwan canal along Ferozepur Road.
Water supply to BRS Nagar disrupted
The project of construction of underbridge at Sidhwan canal near
Verka milk plant did not start on a good note. On the first day of the
work, the private company damaged the sewer lines and a manhole at
Ferozepur road while their drill machine was busy doing work at the
site.
This has resulted in a crisis-like situation in the entire BRS
Nagar whose sewer lines are connected with this manhole. Taking an
emergency step, the Municipal Corporation (MC) authorities have reduced
the water supply at BRS Nagar from 10 hours to only five hours so that
the outflow of water in the sewer can be reduced and, hence, the repair
work can be carried out as fast as possible.
Superintending Engineer (SE) Manjit Singh, when contacted, said,
“Though the demarcation was done at the site, our sewer lines have still
been damaged and our men are at job to repair the lines fast. So far we
have been able to control the contamination of sewer water with the
clean drinking water, because those lines were not damaged in the
present case.”
He added, “Taking a temporary measure, we have reduced the water
supply at BRS Nagar so that residents will be wasting less water and
hence our repair work will be complete in two days.”
Singh stated that they would be taking up the matter with the
private company after repairing the main lines so that they should not
repeat this again.
