The Hindu 15.02.2013
Officials asked to expedite UGD work
The long-pending underground drainage work in Pudukottai
town and its suburbs is expected to be completed by March-end and the
district administration has taken all steps for expediting the
programme.
It was originally planned to execute the
underground drainage work at an outlay of Rs.32.16 crore. Later the
project cost was revised and the government sanctioned a revised outlay
of Rs.48.16 crore for the project.
Accompanied by
officials from Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board and municipal
officials, the District Collector, C.Manoharan, inspected various works
being executed under the scheme, which was designed about six years ago,
on Wednesday. The total cumulative length of sewer line within the
municipal limits is about 135 km.
He inspected the
sewage treatment plant coming up at Maruppurani Pulvayal. On noticing
that only 70 per cent of the works had been completed on the treatment
plant, the Collector sought explanations from the TWAD Board officials
and the contractor for the inordinate delay. He directed them to
complete all the works by March 31 and bring the project to public use
without any further delay.
He inspected the works of laying the pipelines in progress at Janaki nagar and on Kovilpatti road.
K.Arumugam,
Assistant Executive Engineer, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage
Board and R.Murugesan, Municipal Commissioner, were present.