Three-phased sewage project for Trichy Civic officials discuss ways to
The commissioner of municipal administration, Chandrakant Kamble on Friday paid a visit to the Trichy Corporation officials, including its commissioner Veeraragahava Rao and discussed with them the methodology of implementing the underground sewage project in three phases. The project has been that got stuck in the political crossroads of successive governments.
The Trichy corporation envisages a three-phase-project under the detailed project report. The first would cover the omitted areas in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikkaval areas spread over about 11 sq km. After holding discussions with corporation officials, Kamble was told informed that the places like Annamalainagar, Thanjavur-Road-Ariyamangalam should also be brought under the scheme.
Despite the completion of three terms, the corporation is yet to implement the sewerage scheme in the 40% of the omitted areas, and in Friday's meeting, suggestions were put forth to build more pumping stations in the city. At present, there are only two main pumping stations, and nine sub-pumping stations that are scarcely enough to cater to the increasing population of the city.
The councillors in the previous regime had demanded that TWAD (Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board) must make arrangements to construct a sewage treatment plant at the available seven-acre land in Kollidam to conveniently cater to the six wards coming under the Srirangam constituency, instead of taking it all the way to the sewage treatment plant at Panchapur, some 14 km away. Anyhow, such a plan was not in the detailed project report.
"It would be logistically more convenient and the waste water would be useful for the Kollidam farmers," they had pointed out.
However, city engineer Raja Mohammad told TOI that no timeframe could be set to bring the rest of the city under the sewerage scheme. Collections would have to be made from individual houses and new technologies would be pressed into service, he added. In the past, each household contributed at the rate of Rs 6000 each for laying the huge sewerage pipelines.
The officials also told TOI that some of the works were being further delayed because of too much of interference from ruling party members then, who demanded transfer of existing officers in the rank of assistant executive engineers and to replace them with officers of their choice who would not have been technically qualified to deal with the demands of the office. Moreover, they se elements also wanted to select junior engineers (JE) to be posted in lucrative zones and such transfers were then seen as politically motivated, something that further delayed the project.
The Trichy corporation envisages a three-phase-project under the detailed project report. The first would cover the omitted areas in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikkaval areas spread over about 11 sq km. After holding discussions with corporation officials, Kamble was told informed that the places like Annamalainagar, Thanjavur-Road-Ariyamangalam should also be brought under the scheme.
Despite the completion of three terms, the corporation is yet to implement the sewerage scheme in the 40% of the omitted areas, and in Friday's meeting, suggestions were put forth to build more pumping stations in the city. At present, there are only two main pumping stations, and nine sub-pumping stations that are scarcely enough to cater to the increasing population of the city.
The councillors in the previous regime had demanded that TWAD (Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board) must make arrangements to construct a sewage treatment plant at the available seven-acre land in Kollidam to conveniently cater to the six wards coming under the Srirangam constituency, instead of taking it all the way to the sewage treatment plant at Panchapur, some 14 km away. Anyhow, such a plan was not in the detailed project report.
"It would be logistically more convenient and the waste water would be useful for the Kollidam farmers," they had pointed out.
However, city engineer Raja Mohammad told TOI that no timeframe could be set to bring the rest of the city under the sewerage scheme. Collections would have to be made from individual houses and new technologies would be pressed into service, he added. In the past, each household contributed at the rate of Rs 6000 each for laying the huge sewerage pipelines.
The officials also told TOI that some of the works were being further delayed because of too much of interference from ruling party members then, who demanded transfer of existing officers in the rank of assistant executive engineers and to replace them with officers of their choice who would not have been technically qualified to deal with the demands of the office. Moreover, they se elements also wanted to select junior engineers (JE) to be posted in lucrative zones and such transfers were then seen as politically motivated, something that further delayed the project.
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