The Hindu 08.06.2010
Good progress in infrastructure schemes to beautify city, says Minister
Special Correspondent
| Launches underground drainage works for 21 wards |
The Corporation has drawn up a massive scheme for underground sewers
As many as 49 of the 72 wards in the city will have underground sewers
COIMBATORE: The implementation of schemes to provide high quality infrastructure in the city is progressing well and the Rs.377-crore underground drainage scheme is one of them, Minister for Rural Industries Pongalur N. Palanisamy said here on Monday.
Launch
Launching yet another phase of the drainage scheme at Nanjundapuram, the Minister said the Corporation had drawn up a number of infrastructure development schemes at an outlay of Rs. 3,200 crore.
These projects were being implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
The phase begun on Monday would be implemented at Rs.56.13 crore. Schemes to augment drinking water supply, to build multi-tier parking lots and flyovers, for solid waste management and to provide a bus rapid transit system were among the more than 10 projects that the civic body wanted to implement.
“The implementation of some of the projects began four years ago with the objective of providing development to the city. These are progressing well,” he said.
On the drainage scheme, the Minister said it was vital to ensuring hygiene across the city.
People should not allow waste water to stagnate at any point.
Scheme
The Corporation had drawn up a massive scheme for underground sewers to cover the entire city.
With this 49 of the 72 wards in the city would have underground sewers. Only 23 had these (provided by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board).
The phase launched on Monday would cover Rathinapuri, Gandhipuram, Ramanathapuram and Nanjundapuram.
The waste water from these areas would be treated at a plant coming up at Nanjundapuram.
The Minister also said that the city was undergoing a thorough facelift in terms of infrastructure and beautification in view of the World Classical Tamil Conference that would be held here from June 23 to 27.
Mayor R. Venkatachalam said the drainage works were of immense significance to the areas that had been without this facility for decades. Efforts were being made to ensure that the drainage works progressed at a good pace.
Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra, Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, South Zone Chairman P. Pynthamil, East Zone Chairman S.M. Samy, Leader of the Opposition V.N. Udayakumar, Health Committee Chairman P. Nachimuthu, Finance Committee Chairman R. Nandakumar, Town Planning Committee Chairman P. Krishnamurthy and officials of the civic body were present.
Pipelines
Superintending Engineer of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission projects at the Corporation K. Bhoopathy said the phase begun on Monday involved the laying of pipelines over a distance of 125 km to collect waste water from 21 wards in the city.
Totally, pipelines for 639 km would be laid in all the eight zones of the scheme, covering 49 wards. Of these, lines over 50 km had already been laid.
Drainage works were on at various stages in all the targeted wards.
