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).