The Hindu 26.11.2010
Corpn. buys new equipment to clean sewers
Staff Reporter
To better implementation of UGD scheme |
Useful:Mayor R. Venkatachalam (second left) flags off new automated
jetting-cum-suction equipment for removing blocks in drainage in the
city. Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (left) is in the picture.
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation armed itself with three new
vehicles to clear choked sewers and pump out water from low-level areas.
Anshul Mishra, Commissioner, said the civic body had bought a
jetting-cum-suction lorry and two suction lorries at Rs. 53.5 lakh.
The jetting-cum-suction lorry would flush water with heavy force into
the chocked area in sewers and manholes. The suction vehicles would
pump out water, sullage and sewage from low-level areas, roads, etc.
Mr. Mishra said the civic body bought the vehicles to better the implementation of the underground drainage (UGD) scheme.
At present, the civic body had a vehicle which catered to the needs
of the 23 wards that were covered by the UGD scheme. The wards had 3,000
manholes and 24 km of sewerage.
The Commissioner also said that the civic body went in for the
machines after the Supreme Court ordered ban on deployment of
conservancy workers to clean sewers.
The new machines’ usefulness would be felt once the Corporation
extended the UGD scheme to all the 72 wards. Then the number of manholes
would go up to 20,000 and sewerage lines to 650 km.
A Corporation official said the machines would be able to clear small block within three hours and big ones in six hours.