The Hindu           20.12.2011

Underground drainage scheme to be over by February

Underground drainage scheme is expected to be completed by February and the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board has evolved a design for linking the domestic sewage with the drainage channel.

The facility, being implemented on an outlay of Rs.31.91 crore, has sewer lines to a cumulative length of 92 km. A total of 3,428 manholes would be set up, linking 10,344 domestic connections. The TWAD Board has constructed two pumping stations — one each in Aranarai and on Vilamathur road; the main pumping station at Thuraimangalam; and a sewage treatment plant at Neduvasal. “The TWAD Board has evolved a certain design for linking the domestic sewage with the collecting pipelines and preliminary tests for ascertaining the gradient of the sewage system for ensuring the smooth flow of the sewerage is being taken up,” said Collector Darez Ahmed.

Accompanied by Municipal Chairman Ramesh, the Collector inspected the pumping stations and the treatment plant site. Municipal Commissioner B.V. Surendra Sha said that a proposal for extending the facility to new residential areas had also been taken up at an estimate of Rs.8 crore under the Integrated Urban Development Mission (IUDM).