The Hindu 22.05.2013
Corpn. to go ahead with STP project in Ondipudur
In an attempt to quell speculations, Mayor S.M. Velusamy
told journalists on Tuesday that the function scheduled on Monday last
to mark the start of the sewage treatment plant (STP) construction was
postponed because the Commissioner and he were not in town.
The postponement of the function had nothing to do with the residents’ protest, he clarified.
A
group of residents from Sindhu Nagar, Bharathi Nagar, Noyyal Nagar and a
few other areas staged a protest on Monday morning complaining that if
the Corporation were to construct an STP, the area would get polluted
and that they would be deprived of good ground water.
Mr.
Velusamy said that the Monday’s protests were staged with an ulterior
motive and that those who spearheaded the protests wanted to gain
political mileage. The Corporation was determined to go ahead and
construct the STP at the site in Ondipudur and also complete the same
within the deadline.
The civic body would take strong
exception to those trying to disrupt the construction and deal with
them legally. It would also not hesitate to approach the police for
legal action.