The Hindu 26.07.2012
Pallikarnai sewage pumping station to get new lease of life
The project to provide underground sewerage network in
Pallikaranai is expected to be completed on schedule with the Chennai
Corporation allotting alternative space for a sewage pumping station.
The
council that met on Wednesday approved a resolution to allot a portion
of land in the solid waste disposal site, measuring about 1,000 sq.m.,
at Pallikaranai. This alternative site was earmarked for constructing
the sewage pumping station instead of the one near Veerathamman temple
tank, Pallikaranai.
Officials of the Chennai
Metrowater said that following residents’ protests in the neighbouring
localities and technical hitches in building the pumping station at the
spot, the water agency sought an alternative site.
The
sewage pumping station in Pallikaranai would come up as part of the
comprehensive drainage network taken up under Jawaharlal Nehru National
Urban Renewal Mission. While work is in progress to construct three
sewage pumping stations in Balaji Nagar, Vivekananda Nagar and Kamakoti
Nagar, the fourth one was awaiting the allocation of space.
Of
the 20,000 house service connections planned, about 6,400 connections
have been provided so far. Sewer pipelines would be laid for a distance
of 86 km covering 681 streets under the Rs.52.53 crore project.“We
have completed the laying of pipeline in 120 streets and handed them
over to the Corporation for re-laying of roads. We will be able to
complete the project by February next year,” said an official.
An alternative
site has been recommended