“This project was pending due to various reasons and had to reinvite tenders. We will go ahead with the project if the election commission permits us to do so,” said PB Ramamurthy, Chairman, BWSSB.

The BWSSB proposes to lay UGD lines in newly added areas of the city, making for 24 packages in total.

Of them, work has started on nine packages approved by the World Bank. The Bank is expected to approve 10 other packages in the next few days, following which the BWSSB is planning to request the State Election Commission to permit it to start tendering process. The BWSSB is still in the process of re-tendering the works related to five packages.

The works are jointly funded by the World Bank and JNNURM.

As per the plans, the BWSSB will lay the UGDs in the newly added areas of the city and divert the sewage generated in the these areas to the nearest sewage valley it maintains.

The four major sewage valleys of the city are in Koramangala, Challaghatta, Vrishabavathi and Hebbal.

The BWSSB will lay 2,000 kms of lateral UGDs and 300 kms of main and sub-main UGDs as per the plan.

The 10 packages in question are for laying UGD lines in Krishnarajapuram, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Byatrayanpura, Dasarahalli and Mahadevpura.