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City corporation carries out cleaning in fort ward

Wednesday, 05 June 2013 10:51 administrator
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The New Indian Express              05.06.2013

City corporation carries out cleaning in fort ward

In a meeting convened here, CONFRA demanded that the Human Rights Commission should register a case against the local self-governing bodies and authorities for not cleaning up drains where mosquitoes breed as garbage heaps hamper the flow of water.| EPS
In a meeting convened here, CONFRA demanded that the Human Rights Commission should register a case against the local self-governing bodies and authorities for not cleaning up drains where mosquitoes breed as garbage heaps hamper the flow of water.| EPS

Monitored by Mayor K Chandrika, a cleanliness drive was carried out at Chithira Thirunal Park at Fort on Tuesday. The roads and drains in the Fort ward were cleaned up by the Corporation workers.

Health Standing Committee chairperson S Pushpalatha, Works Standing Committee chairman V S Padmakumar, Fort ward councillor Udayalakshmi and BJP leader in the council P Asok Kumar led the activities.

In the coming days, the drive will be carried out in more places and for Wednesday, the area selected is Bypass. The accumulated garbage is buried and ferried, according to the officials.

CONFRA Demand

Confederation of Residents Associations (CONFRA) has demanded that cases have to be registered against the City Corporation for not carrying out garbage-processing completely before the onset of monsoon and sought an inquiry into how the civic body spent money allocated for the pre-monsoon cleaning drive.

In a meeting convened here, CONFRA demanded that the Human Rights Commission should register a case against the local self-governing bodies and authorities for not cleaning up drains where mosquitoes breed as garbage heaps hamper the flow of water.
 

Post-rain, BWSSB begins drain-cleaning drive

Wednesday, 05 June 2013 07:50 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle              05.06.2013

Post-rain, BWSSB begins drain-cleaning drive

A worker repairs the water line on West of Chord Road
A worker repairs the water line on West of Chord Road

Bengaluru: After the post-rain havoc last week, the Banglore Water Supply and Sewerage Board(BWSSB) has speeded up the work of desilting drains and clearing manholes. In a massive drive  employing 12 jetting machines, the BWSSB is clearing underground drains across the city.

To tackle flash floods and sewage overflowing from manholes this monsoon, the BWSSB has bought 48 new jetting machines (high pressure machines to clean underground drains) in the last financial year, taking the fleet strength to 120. This number, however, is not sufficient to clean the huge underground drain network in the city.

The core areas of the city have a drain network of 3,600 km and Rs1.2 lakh manholes. With the BWSSB’s services extending to the new BBMP areas, and out of the 3,000 km UGD planned in the erstwhile CMC/ TMC areas, about 1,600 km have already been laid. This makes the city’s drain network 5,200 km long. Considering an average of one manhole every 30 m of the drain line, the total number of manholes in the entire city (core and peripheral areas) are Rs1.7 lakh.

“We have begun a massive drive of desilting UGD and clearing manholes. Most important, it is a continuous drive. We carry on desilting work throughout the year except on Sundays. Out of the 120, six are small machines, which will facilitate easy movement on narrow roads in the core city.

One jetting machine can clean two-three manholes in a day and cleaning two manholes automatically desilts another 4-5 manholes downstream,” said T Venkataraju, Engineer-in-Chief, BWSSB.In the experts’ opinion, desilting all the drains just before the monsoon is crucial to avoid flash floods and the BWSSB must finish all the desilting work before the monsoon arrives.

According  to the Indian Meteorological Department, the months between November and  March are a good time to take up desilting of drains as the city receives no rainfall during this season.

“Desilting during the rains is not a good idea. Due to abundance of water, no silt but only water comes out during desilting. This makes the manholes look clean, which might not be the case,” former irrigation secretary Captain S Raja Rao said.

 

Mosquito rage in capital, people investing 1.5 crore every month

Monday, 03 June 2013 09:34 administrator
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The Pioneer                 03.06.2013

Mosquito rage in capital, people investing 1.5 crore every month

Monsoon is yet to arrive in State and Raipur however pre-monsoon showers in different parts of Chhattisgarh provided favourable environment for the outbreak of mosquito menace once again this year. The condition has also brought boom in the anti-mosquito chemical market.

According to an estimate  Raipur city spent approximately about `1.50 crore every month for various means of  mosquito repellent. As per the census report 2011 Raipur city has registered about 12 lakh population of its about 5 lakh families. A major trader engaged in mosquito repellent business said that, assuming If every family purchase a pack of Mosquito coil, liquid and spray it would costs about `300 which makes a total of `1.50 every month.

The Municiple Corporation Raipur has enacted a plan to repel mosquito by  fogging from in and around capital. Corporation is also investing `5 Lakhs every Month in fogging but it doesn’t give any respite.

Talking to The Pioneer Municiple Corporation Medical officer Shiv Sharma said, Stagnant water is the main cause and enable to make a breeding ground to increase Mosquito rage. He said, rage in City also increases because of  Water retained in air cooler's tank. Water of cooler should be changed regularly in summer season to prevent further mosquito breeding.

Where Mayor Kiran Moyee Nayak said to The Pioneer that, in Raipur city underground drainage system is only the solution to stop breeding of Mosquito. He said, Central Government has sanction `300 crore to construct drainage system in Raipur city and To built that, Construction work will start shortly. 

 
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