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45 new machines to clear clogged sewers

Thursday, 10 June 2010 09:29 administrator
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The Times of India       10.06.2010

45 new machines to clear clogged sewers

CHENNAI: The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (CMWSSB) will soon procure 45 new desilting machines to clear sewer pipelines and manholes in the city, according to municipal administration and water supply secretary Niranjan Mardi.

He was addressing a special session with party floor leaders and zonal chairpersons of the corporation at Ripon Buildings on Wednesday, following complaints of an outbreak of diarrhoeal diseases in several residential colonies in the city. After the Madras High Court banned manual scavenging, CMWSSB has been procuring desilting machines. The agency currently owns 56 jet rodding machines and 53 desilting machines.

Mardi said the government had issued orders saying local area development funds of MPs and MLAs could be used for purchasing of desilting machines. "Metrowater will get 25 jet rodding machines, 17 desilting machines and three suction-cum-jet rodding machines soon, using local area development funds," he said.

Earlier, chairpersons of the elected ward members from all 10 zones complained about water contamination. Following the heavy rains triggered by Cyclone Laila, complaints of water contamination are pouring in from Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Korukkupet, Ice House, Chindadripet, Velachery and Saidapet.

"There are several areas like Cemetery Road, Royapuram, Mint, Rajaji Salai and SN Chetty Road from where we are getting reports of contamination, but Metrowater lacks the manpower to correct the problem. There is no one to maintain sewer lines in TNSCB tenements," said Shanmugasundaram, zone chairman, Basin Bridge.

PMK floor leader Jayaraman said unauthorised sewer connections to storm water drains would have to be checked, since rain water mixes with sewage and contaminates drinking water supplied by Metrowater. Congress leader Saidai P Ravi said the department should run additional shifts in the pumping stations. "It takes at least two days for the Metrowater staff to identify the source of contamination," he said.
 

Good progress in infrastructure schemes to beautify city, says Minister

Tuesday, 08 June 2010 04:21 administrator
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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.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 June 2010 04:24
 

Vyasarpadi flyover to be completed in 3 years

Friday, 21 May 2010 09:44 administrator
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The New Indian Express     21.05.2010

Vyasarpadi flyover to be completed in 3 years

Express News Service

 

CHENNAI: The long-standing demand of Vyasarpadi residents to clear traffic congestion in the area, is all set to become a reality in three years.

A 1.7-km long flyover, overlooking the Vyasarpadi Railway Station, will be built in a span of three years, said Mayor M Subramanian, on Thursday, while speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the flyover, which would be constructed at a cost of Rs 88.68 crore. The Railways department would contribute Rs 8 crore, while the rest would be provided by the State Highways Department.

It would begin as a four-way flyover from Basin Bridge Road and fork then into two, one towards Erukkancheri High Road and the other towards Sathya Moorthy Nagar Main Road. Land acquisition to the tune of 49,435 sq ft needs to be undertaken for the project.

“North Chennai is the focus of developmental activities in Chennai, and the Chennai Corporation is undertaking flyover and subway work in this area to the tune of Rs 165.74 crore,” said Mayor M Subramanian. Vehicular subways were being constructed in Villivakkam at a cost of Rs 34.92 crore, Korukkupet at Rs 19.70 crore and flyovers were being constructed in Perambur at Rs 8.41 crore and the Cochrane Basin Road-Kathivakkam High Road flyover at Rs 19.81 crore.

The Mayor also noted that this was the expensive flyover project undertaken by the Tamil Nadu Highways Department. The city’s major flyovers, including those in Padi or Kathipara, were funded by the National Highways Department.

The proposed flyover would cover stretches in NH 5, which was the route to enter other states, and so, the construction process should be speeded up, said K Mahendran, MLA from the Perambur constituency.

R Ramanathan, chief administrative officer, Southern Railways, noted that there were about 80 level crossings between trains plying from Chennai to Arakkonam, Gummudipoondi and Chengalpattu and efforts have to be made to ease traffic congestion there.

Work was going on for at least 30 new flyovers in the State, and these would help ease traffic congestion, said Vellakoil Saminathan, Minister for Highways and Small Ports, who laid the foundation stone. A total of 881 flyovers were constructed between 2006 and 2010 in the State at a cost of Rs 12,094 crore, he added.

Last Updated on Friday, 21 May 2010 09:53
 
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