Old city to get new water, sewer pipes
Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:38
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Indian Express 19.08.2010
Old city to get new water, sewer pipes
Express News Service Tags : corporation, projects Posted: Thu Aug 19 2010, 04:04 hrs Ludhiana: Two years after the sanction of the project worth Rs 25 crore to replace the old water and sewer pipes in 13 wards of Ludhiana, the Municipal Corporation finally woke up to execute the project.
Today, a special meeting was held between the Punjab Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the operation and maintenance cell of the Municipal Corporation, in which these projects were given a nod. Councillors of the old city areas, where water contamination is a problem, were also present.
The areas are in the old city water and sewer pipes have not been changed for the last 50 years. Two years ago, in the Sangat Darshan programme conducted by the CM, the project was cleared. However, no funds were sanctioned and now corporation is in a hurry to complete the development projects. B P Singh, superintending engineer, operation and maintenance cell of MC, said, “It will still take nearly two months to start the project and it will be done in phases. The most sensitive streets where regular water contamination is being reported will be included in the first phase.” The wards where work will start include18,20, 21, 35,37, 39, 44, 45, 47,53,60,67 and 70.
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:39
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Rainfall causes waterlogging, again
Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:35
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Indian Express 19.08.2010
Rainfall causes waterlogging, again
Raakhi Jagga Tags : civic, Rainfall Posted: Thu Aug 19 2010, 04:01 hrs Ludhiana: Crores spent on roads but drains still missing
Heavy rainfall once again waterlogged many areas of the city, including the road opposite the Deputy Commissioner’s residence. Water also flooded the DC’s house. The house needs to be renovated and the level needs to be raised, say MC officials. They were also caught on the wrong foot when the road drains on the road outside the DC residence were found to be choked.
As the water level inside the house increased, the MC men rushed to the spot and cleared the road drains, which were full of filth, including polythene, which clearly showed that they were not cleared since long.
The cleanliness drive outside the VIP area was over in about an hour’s time, but other parts of the city were not that lucky. The MC has spent crores on the construction of roads, but no effort has been made to make road drains, causing waterlogging and withering of roads.
Executive engineer Manjit Singh said, “I have written to the Building and Roadways department to make road drains on the Hambaran Road, road outside Khalsa College for Women, Club Road and many other areas where re-metalling is being done regularly, but no road drains have been made.”
It needs to be mentioned that Rs 4 crore was spent on the construction of Hambaran Road and a few thousands was the expenditure on installing road drains, which help in draining the rainwater from roads.
Gill Road, Jamalpur Road, roads in Focal Point, Overloak Road and most of the roads in Dugri are also in the list, where road drains have not been installed. In the old city areas, the residents themselves have closed them and have encroached upon the roads. The areas where road drains exist are choked. Newsline team saw blocked road drains at Vishvkarma Chowk, near Gurdwara Dukhniwaran Sahib and Pakhowal Road in the recent past.
Interestingly, the Corporation clears the bills of the contractors and never bothers to check whether they have installed road drains or not and hence prepare fresh budget to re-metal roads in the next year. Councillors Parminder Mehta, Sarabjit Singh Kaka, Jagbir Singh Sokhi and many others have highlighted this issue in house a number of times.
Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:37
Polluted water a bane for Gzb residents
Thursday, 19 August 2010 09:59
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The Pioneer 19.08.2010
Polluted water a bane for Gzb residents
SP SINGH | GHAZIABAD
Ghaziabad residents are being forced to consume polluted water, as several attempts to improve the quality have proved futile and the municipal corporation has shut down three of its tubewells. "We have brought this problem to the Government's notice on several occasions, but due to the Pollution Control Board's apathy no action has been initiated against the industrial units that are polluting underground water through digging reverse boring to dump their effluents in the underground water," said Col Tejendra Pal Singh Tyagi, president of the RWA Federation of Ghaziabad.
After finding the chromium percentage to be at least 10 times more than the permissible limit, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation shut down its tubewell situated in C block park of Lohia Nagar.
The tubewell in Sanjay Gita Park has already been closed after excess amount of chromium was found in the water. After finding such hazardous chemicals, the then District Magistrate formed a committee to find the polluting units which comprised members from industrial units also. The committee recommended to increase water harvesting units in the area and to drain out the entire underground water by running closed tubewells thoroughly. But those recommendations could not be complied with due to Government apathy.
Finally the local industrial units dug another tubewell in Vinoba Bhave Park and handed it over to the Municipal Corporation after it tested 'OK' on August 19, 2006. But in the latest test conducted by the Municipal Corporation at the National Test House it was found that the chromium percentage in the latest tubewell had also gone up and finally the Corporation had to close down this tubewell also.
The entire trans-Hindon area is facing an acute water shortage due to this. In the past four industrial units were found to be polluting underground water. These units were engaged in dyeing and nickel plating work, due to which the underground water had turned red in the area. Besides, many industrial units from Delhi which set up shop in Ghaziabad, after the Supreme Court order their shifting added to the pollution of underground water, Tyagi said while speaking to The Pioneer.
"At this stage 18 tubewells at Tila-Mode are feeding the entire trans-Hindon area covering a 12-km distance. The underground water in the entire trans-Hindon is not fit for drinking. Residents are forced to buy mineral water and when water supply is stopped from these tubewells a heavy chunk of the over five lakh population is badly affected," added Tyagi.
"No measures are being adopted to improve the water quality. Not only industrial units, even commercial and educational institutes are dumping their garbage through boring into underground water," alleged Tyagi.
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