Works relating to laying of Underground Drainage (UGD) pipelines in the city have begun with the contracting firm grounding the works at SVN Colony here.
Minimum inconvenience
In the days to come, works would begin at many areas in the town, Roads have to be dug up for the laying of pipelines, but the Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) says that it would ensure minimum inconvenience to people. The grounding of UGD scheme also means that no new roads would be laid for some time.
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The UGD scheme is a Centrally funded scheme being taken up with a grant of ₹960 crore. The Centre would bear up to 80% of the cost and, the State government, and the GMC would be sharing the remaining costs. Shapooriji Pallonji, the construction majors, who have been given the contract to construct the Secretariat at Velagapudi, would be undertaking the work.
The works have been taken up by the Public Health Department but the GMC has been asked to monitor the quality of works.
Municipal Commissioner S. Nagalakshmi said that the UGD scheme would cover 50% of total area of the GMC spread across 83.70 square km. The UGD scheme has been designed to cover a population of 12.99 lakh expected by the year 2047. The total length of sewerage network is 1,083 km,
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The UGD scheme has been designed with an STP capacity of 123 MLD at various places.
“The project has been conceived keeping in view the futuristic demand. Seventy per cent of the project would be spent on STPs and sewerage pipelines while 25% of funding would be used on treatment of sewerage water,’’ said Ms. Nagalakshmi.