Work on sewers for Anakaputhur, Pammal to begin

Work on sewers for Anakaputhur, Pammal to begin

Oppili.P@timesgroup.com

Chennai:13.02.2021 

Residents of Pammal and Anakaputhur municipalities will soon get underground sewage connections. Metrowater has been handed over construction of the system after the Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT) said sewage from both the localities was draining into the Adyar river and proposed the system that would also help in the ongoing ecological restoration of the river. Construction is expected to begin in about 10 days and is scheduled to be completed in 18 months.

Sources in the municipal administration department said the two localities together accounted for more than 26,000 households from where untreated sewage was flowing into the Adyar, contributing largely towards polluting the river.

Under the plan for areas falling within Pammal municipality, sewage carrying pipelines will be laid for a distance of 100km and 4,100 manholes will be dug up on the roads. About 19,000 households will benefit from the network in the area that will have four pumping stations and one relay pumping station, an official said.

In Anakaputhur, the network of pipes will be 58km long and will include more than 2,200 manholes. While 7,630 households will get sewage connections, four pumping stations and an equal number of relay pumping stations will be set up.

Sewage collected from the two localities will be pumped to an integrated plant which will come up under Anakaputhur municipal limits and which will have the capacity to treat 30MLD of sewage, he said.

The system, once complete, will not only help the Adyar become cleaner, it is also expected to help improve the groundwater table in the region, the official said.

Of the ₹226.8 crore that the project is estimated to cost, the Anakuputhur arm will get ₹15.65 crore from the CRRT and ₹78.80 crore from the Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation (TUFIDCO), while the Pammal portion will get ₹27.82 crore from CRRT and ₹104.53 crore from TUFIDCO, he added.