The Hindu 19.12.2009
Stalin inaugurates sewer network at Guindy estate
Staff Reporter
| It will cater for 1.02 lakh people in Guindy, adjoining areas |
Photo: R.Shivaji Rao 
Deputy Chief Minister M.K.Stalin studies the sketch of the underground sewerage network at the Guindy industrial estate on Friday. —
CHENNAI: An underground sewer network to cater for nearly 1.02 lakh people in the Guindy Industrial Estate and adjoining residential localities was inaugurated by Deputy Chief Minister M. K. Stalin on Friday.
Opening the sewage main pumping station constructed as part of the Rs.7.35-crore project, he said that apart from 610 industrial units in the Estate, 398 households in the neighbouring areas such as Arulayamman Pettai, Reddy Street, Nagireddy Thottam and Labour Colony have been provided with sewer connections. Of the total project cost, Rs.2.57 crore was contributed by Guindy Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association.
The network would help in arresting the discharge of sewage into Adyar river through seven outfalls in the area, he added.
On the occasion, Mr.Stalin distributed the sewerage connection sanction orders to some of the beneficiaries, including industrial units.
Chennai Metrowater officials said the 20-km network is connected to two pumping stations with a cumulative capacity of nearly 18 million litres a day (mld) catering to north and south phases of the estate. A third pumping station with a capacity of 2.8 mld is for exclusively pumping out sewage from Nagireddy Thottam as a deep sewer system was not feasible there due to space constraints.
The network has been linked to Nesapakkam sewage treatment plant. It took almost three years to complete the project as there were no records about the other infrastructure facilities in the estate. “We found 50 buried culverts while implementing the project,” an official of Metrowater said.
The project was one of the components of Integrated Infrastructure Development scheme taken up to improve facilities at the estate. Municipal Administration and Water Supply Secretary Niranjan Mardi, SIDCO Chairman and Managing Director N.S.Palaniappan and Metrowater Managing Director Shivdas Meena participated in the function.
