The Hindu 30.11.2011
New deadline for completing stormwater drain work
The Chennai Corporation has asked contractors to
complete construction of stormwater drains under the Jawaharlal Nehru
National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) by June next year. A total of 12
watersheds are being covered under the project and 13 contractors have
been awarded the work. The original deadline for the project, which is
in various stages of implementation, was 2013. Sources in the civic body
said that a meeting of contractors was convened on Monday and they were
asked to finish the work on a war-footing. “If they are unable to
complete it, we have told them that we would call for fresh tenders and
get the works done. We have asked them to give in writing the reasons,
if any, for their inability to complete the project by June, within
three days,” the source said.
The stormwater drain
network would cover a total of 15 canals, 147.19 km length of arterial
drains, 229.37 km of feeder drains, and 95.61 km of collection drains.