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Finally, Ch'nagar to get UGD system in place

Works taken up at a estimated cost of Rs 26.76 crore
Last Updated 01 July 2012, 18:19 IST

The residents of Chamarajanagar can heave a sigh of relief as the district administration has restarted works pertaining to construction of underground drainages (UGD) in the city.

The works were launched ceremoniously in front of the city municipal council office last February.
But as the survey work for locating points for manholes and other planning were not complete, it resulted in inordinate delay in executing the works.

However, the related works were relaunched a month ago and laying of pipelines and construction of manholes have begun. There is only open drainage system in the district and lack of underground drainage had resulted in pollution, emanating of stench and becoming an eyesore.

Though the adminstration had enough funds, lackadaisical approach of the elected representatives and officials had caused the delay in taking up the work, say local residents.

As a result of the pressure exerted by the residents — demanding underground drains — the works were finally taken up under Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Fund with financial aid from Asian Development Bank.

The works, including flow of sewage water, maintenance of storage unit, manhole construction, laying of pipelines and others were taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 26.76 crore.

A company from Ahmedabad has been given the responsibility to execute the work. The storage unit is being constructed at an area of 16.16 acre near Boodithittu village.

A pipeline of 105 km is being laid and there is a plan to give UGD connection to 16,314 houses and 3,377 manholes constructed for the purpose.

A deadline of 18 months has been set for the company, which has bagged the contract. However, local residents opine that it will be difficult to complete the work within the scheduled time as the launch was delayed.

 “There should not be any compromise on the quality of work, in order to complete the work in a hurry,” they added.

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(Published 01 July 2012, 18:19 IST)

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