The installation of machinery at the Sewage Treatment Plant being built at Muttathara, under the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project (KSUDP) has commenced. The first phase of the project has been completed to the extent of 70 per cent, a press note issued here by the KSUDP Project Director said.
Though a 215-mld treatment plant has been planned for Thiruvananthapuram under the KSUDP scheme, the plant that is being built now has capacity of 107 mld.
The second phase of the project would focus mainly on modernising the existing sewerage system of the capital city and on laying new sewerage lines. For this, Rs. 121 crore has been sanctioned under the JNNURM, the press note said.
The process of issuing tenders for laying new lines in the F-1, G-1, F-2 and G-2 drainage blocks, which include the coastal areas of the city, has commenced. A project document aimed at securing foreign aid has been readied. Tenders have been issued for the work of modernising the existing sewerage pump houses.
The empowered committee chaired by Minister for Urban Affairs P.K. Kunhalikkutty on October 24 cleared the inclusion of G-1 and C drainage blocks in the second phase of the KSUDP scheme.
Activities associated with the installation of a 40 mld STP for the Medical College Hospital have already commenced. The micro-scrutiny of tenders is going on at the Kerala Water Authority.
A new sewerage network would be laid for Attukal, Kalady, Kalippankulam, Nemom, Thiruvallam, Attippra, Ulloor and Kadakampally. The network would be laid as and when land is made available, the press note said.
Steps have also been initiated for the purchase of machines to clean the existing sewerage lines, the press note added.
