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Underground drainage work to start shortly in Pudukottai

Betterment: The underground drainage project work being inaugurated in Pudukottai.

PUDUKOTTAI: Work on underground drainage scheme, sanctioned at a cost of Rs.32.16 crore, will commence in the town shortly. To be implemented with a grant of Rs.9.65 crore under the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project - Phase III and a loan of Rs.12.05 crore from the Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Services, the scheme also envisages a public contribution of Rs.10.46 crore.

The town’s latest population as per 2001 census is 1.08 lakh and the scheme has been designed to suit a population of 1.57 lakh, taking into account the future needs.

Pipelines to a cumulative length of 1,59,545 km for collection of sewage water will be buried in all the wards in the town. As many as 5,485 manholes will be set up.

“In all 22,000 domestic and commercial establishments will be linked to the underground drainage system,” says the Municipal Commissioner, S. Siddique.

The rate of disposal at the treatment plant to be set up near Maruppinikulam, would be 10.62 million litres per day (MLD). The project has been designed to handle 14.13 MLD by the year 2038.

The preliminary work on the project was taken up recently with a ‘bhoomi poojai.’ The Chairperson of Pudukottai Municipality, Ramathilagam Udaiyappan and officials from the TWAD Board were present.

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