The Times of India 09.09.2009
PWSSB to restart work on Janakpuri sewerage
LUDHIANA: Finally, in a sign of relief for the residents of Janakpuri locality of the city that is worst affected due to water-logging in rainy season, the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board (PWSSB) would soon restart the work on this project after finalizing the new design.
According to information, chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda and deputy speaker Satpal Gosain raised the matter in a meeting held with PWSSB chairman Baldev Raj Chawla on Tuesday.
Both the leaders apprised Chawla that due to the stalling of the project, residents were forced to face lots of problems in rainy days as the area gets flooded. They also informed him that the state government had already allocated funds for initiating the work and that the delay was caused by Board officials only.
Meanwhile, Chawla assured both the leaders that the work on this ambitious project would restart soon as they have finalized the design for its. Besides, the allocation for the work would be made soon after calling the tenders, he stressed.
The MC had prepared an estimate of Rs 92 lakh for laying down the sewerage system and entrusted the job to the PWSSB.
It was proposed that the sewerage would be laid down from Janakpuri locality to Buddha Nullah at the Rajpura Road that would solve the problem of water logging in major areas of the city.
But the PWSSB officers had raised objection on the project design according to which the water was to be pumped out using pumping sets against the natural flow of the water. The officers had cited that it would not have been feasible.
However, overruling the objections, the project was initiated in 2006 to be stalled later due to the technical faults after spending Rs 21 lakh.
The Punjab government had allotted the payment of Rs 92 lakh to the PWSSB under the Punjab Nirman Scheme but after utilizing Rs 21 lakh, the remaining Rs 71 lakh lies unutilized with the PWSSB so the state government had asked the agency to return the money.
According to information, chief parliamentary secretary Harish Rai Dhanda and deputy speaker Satpal Gosain raised the matter in a meeting held with PWSSB chairman Baldev Raj Chawla on Tuesday.
Both the leaders apprised Chawla that due to the stalling of the project, residents were forced to face lots of problems in rainy days as the area gets flooded. They also informed him that the state government had already allocated funds for initiating the work and that the delay was caused by Board officials only.
Meanwhile, Chawla assured both the leaders that the work on this ambitious project would restart soon as they have finalized the design for its. Besides, the allocation for the work would be made soon after calling the tenders, he stressed.
The MC had prepared an estimate of Rs 92 lakh for laying down the sewerage system and entrusted the job to the PWSSB.
It was proposed that the sewerage would be laid down from Janakpuri locality to Buddha Nullah at the Rajpura Road that would solve the problem of water logging in major areas of the city.
But the PWSSB officers had raised objection on the project design according to which the water was to be pumped out using pumping sets against the natural flow of the water. The officers had cited that it would not have been feasible.
However, overruling the objections, the project was initiated in 2006 to be stalled later due to the technical faults after spending Rs 21 lakh.
The Punjab government had allotted the payment of Rs 92 lakh to the PWSSB under the Punjab Nirman Scheme but after utilizing Rs 21 lakh, the remaining Rs 71 lakh lies unutilized with the PWSSB so the state government had asked the agency to return the money.
