The Indian Express   21.08.2012

Sewer manhole damaged at Ferozepur Road

The damaged sewer line near Sidhwan canal along Ferozepur Road.

Water supply to BRS Nagar disrupted

The project of construction of underbridge at Sidhwan canal near Verka milk plant did not start on a good note. On the first day of the work, the private company damaged the sewer lines and a manhole at Ferozepur road while their drill machine was busy doing work at the site.

This has resulted in a crisis-like situation in the entire BRS Nagar whose sewer lines are connected with this manhole. Taking an emergency step, the Municipal Corporation (MC) authorities have reduced the water supply at BRS Nagar from 10 hours to only five hours so that the outflow of water in the sewer can be reduced and, hence, the repair work can be carried out as fast as possible.

Superintending Engineer (SE) Manjit Singh, when contacted, said, “Though the demarcation was done at the site, our sewer lines have still been damaged and our men are at job to repair the lines fast. So far we have been able to control the contamination of sewer water with the clean drinking water, because those lines were not damaged in the present case.”

He added, “Taking a temporary measure, we have reduced the water supply at BRS Nagar so that residents will be wasting less water and hence our repair work will be complete in two days.”

Singh stated that they would be taking up the matter with the private company after repairing the main lines so that they should not repeat this again.