ARANTHANGI: An underground drainage scheme will be implemented in Aranthangi town at an outlay of Rs.22 crore. The scheme, to be executed by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, is the outcome of a long-term strategy, as collection of sewage till 2038 AD has been taken into consideration.
Pipelines to a cumulative length of 55.16 km will be sunk. The town will be divided into three segments for the execution of the programme. As many as 1,992 manholes will also be set up.
The treatment of sewage water will be done at Alapiranthan village, near here, where the Municipality has planned to acquire about 21 acres. In the initial 15 years after completion, the daily collection will be 3.84 million litres. At the end of the period, it will be stepped up to 4.74 million litres a day.
Around 2038 AD, the collection will be 5.64 million litres a day, official sources told The Hindu here on Monday.
Chairman of Aranthangi Municipality P. Mariappan said the works would start once the Alapiranthan village panchayat submitted a consent letter on transfer of land to the municipality. Although only 10 acres of land was required for the treatment process, the panchayat had expressed its consent to transfer 21 acres.
Storm water drainage channels would be set up in the town at an outlay of Rs.50 lakh to check water logging during monsoon. The Government had called for a proposal from the Municipality for setting up the channels.
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