Water, Sewer Projects Near Completion
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© 2006-2017 Kasturi & Sons Ltd. -DIGICOMPASS INFOMATICS INDIA LIMITED [email protected] -9841135421 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THE HINDU CHENNAI MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2018 CHENNAI 3 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CHENNAI Timings Monday, February 26 Nearly 3,000 houses RISE 06:27 SET 18:17 Water, sewer projects near completion RISE 14:43 SET 02:52 to come up in Manali Tuesday, February 27 RISE 06:26 SET 18:18 Residents of added areas to benet from projects, some of which were initiated over a decade ago RISE 15:45 SET 03:52 K. Lakshmi are yet to be covered. Ac 10,000 slum dwellers have applied Wednesday, February 28 Chennai cording to Metrowater o RISE 06:26 SET 18:18 After several years of delay, cials, fresh work orders have Aditi R. We need a RISE 16:47 SET 04:49 CHENNAI <> residents of some of the ad been issued for the pending coordinated eort ded areas may nally be able component of the projects. The Tamil Nadu Slum Clea from departments to access piped water supply rance Board (TNSCB) will in providing and underground drainage Crucial months soon complete the con proper social and network. The next few months will be struction of tenements at Some of the projects that crucial for sewer network Manali New Town to accom civic amenities were initiated a decade ago projects in UllagaramPuz modate slum dwellers from Vanessa Peter Information and Resource Centre for are nally nearing comple huthivakkam, Avadi, Madu north Chennai. the Deprived Urban Communities tion and household connec ravoyal and Nolambur. A total of 2,992 houses, tions are about to be provid Nearly 95% of the sewer each measuring 400 sq ft, shops, which would bring in ed. Metrowater had work that started in 2011 has will be built. Around 288 a sense of community; and repeatedly cited issues with been completed but work slum dwellers living in the paid parking, which can contractors, delay in site se had to be stopped during the locality have already been help avoid conicts and lection and escalation of cost monsoon in lowlying areas. allotted houses and the re help in better maintenance as major reasons for dea In the same locality, the maining allotments will of residents’ assets, and also dlines not being met. contract for water supply pi soon be made. serve as a source of income Residents of Injambak pelines was terminated for “We have received over for the maintenance of the kam, Nandambakkam, No slow progress of work. Both 10,000 applications from fa project. Residents will be lambur and Karambakkam projects are expected to be milies who want to move to provided skill training. may soon get water through over by May, ocials say. In the new houses. We are in pipelines as the trial opera May, Avadi residents will get the process of selecting the Quality issues IN BRIEF tion of the piped network is sewer networks as a 36 mld ones who are really in However, several TNSCB on. Metrowater ocials are sewage treatment plant at need,” said a senior ocial projects have come under condent of giving connec Paruthipattu is almost ready. of the TNSCB. the radar for compromises tions in a month. Already, In Metrowater is simultane The houses will be con on the quality of the houses. jambakkam residents have ously preparing project re structed under the Aorda In many cases, social impact been asked to apply for ports and calling for bids to ble Housing in Partnership assessments were not done, connections. provide networks faster. component of the Pradhan which led to several families However, other projects, “We have called for ten Mantri Awas Yojana, Hous losing their livelihoods. such as the underground tary, JAMBA United Welfare tion of the sewer network so tions and the interlinking of ders to implement water ing for All Scheme. Families Vanessa Peter, policy re Over 3,000 take part sewer network in Ambattur, Association (a federation of as to take both connections. pipelines, is pending for supply projects in Mathur, will be provided nancial as searcher, Information and in marathon await completion. Residents residents’ association in Mo “We are spending over which we have been waiting Jalladampettai, Madipakkam sistance from the Centre Resource Centre for the De CHENNAI recalled that the project was gappair West), said that 2,500 a month on lorries to for several years,” he said. and Uthandi and drainage and the State. The contribu prived Urban Communities, Over 3,000 persons took mooted in 2004 but they had though work on the water clear sewage. Only a small Areas such as Anna Nagar networks in Mugalivakkam, tion on the part of the benef said that unless the State part in the ‘SBI Green paid deposits for the net supply scheme had been portion of the project, in West Extension, Mogappair Nerkundram, Manapakkam, iciaries will be 4 lakh, while drafts a comprehensive Marathon’, the annual work much earlier. completed, many residents cluding the construction of East and West, Korattur, Pa Manali and Karambakkam,” the Centre’s contribution housing policy, which em marathon of the State Bank S. Swaminathan, secre were waiting for the comple two sewage pumping sta dikuppam and ICF Colony, said an ocial. will be 1.5 lakh. The State’s phasises on providing adeq of India. Venkat Nageswar share is yet to be deter uate facilities for the eco Chalasani, Deputy Managing mined. nomically weaker sections, Director, Global Markets, SBI, Ocials say these tene the problems will persist. flagged off the event. Youth dies in accident Five arrested while attempting ments will have improved “We also need a coordi Swimming champion Wilson standards of living. The nated eort from all depart Cheriyan and Sebastian Special Correspondent to meet a friend,” said a pol amenities include a com ments in providing proper Xavier took part. CHENNAI ice ocer. to steal wheat from godown mon area; space for avenues social and civic amenities ,” A 18yearold youth died in They were on Kodambak of selfemployment such as she said. Grievance redressal an accident after the bike he kam High Road when an au on March 12 was riding pillion was torickshaw proceeding Police seize over 30 tonnes worth 7 lakh from gang CHENNAI knocked down by a Metro ahead of them slowed Employees Provident Fund water contract lorry on Sa down. “Prasad applied the Special Correspondent stored in the godown in Ari tractor at the godown till re Organisation will conduct Boy drowns o Marina turday night. brakes and the bike was CHENNAI yanurali. On Saturday after cently,” said a police ocer. Nidhi Aapke Nikat at its Stephen, 18, was a resi knocked down by the lorry. The police have arrested noon, a group of people ar The watchman reported Special Correspondent the sea when he went mis regional office at 37, CHENNAI Royapettah High Road on dent of Kilpauk and a disc Stephen fell on the right ve persons who were at rived with two lorries and ly let the vehicle in as he re sing. In a few hours, his bo March 12 from 10.30 a.m. jockey. side of the road and was run tempting to steal 30 tonnes began loading bags of cognised Kalidas. The police A 15yearold boy drowned dy was washed ashore. Subscribers/employers who On Saturday night, he over. Prasad sustained inju of wheat worth over 7 lakh wheat. The manager of the arrested Kalidas Kannan, o the Marina on Saturday “We have put up warning want to get their grievances borrowed his friend’s bike ries,” said a police ocer at from a private godown near godown, Lakshmanan, con Sudalaimuthu, Chinnarasu, afternoon. According to the boards and over 20 police redressed may register their and asked Prasad, another tached to the Pondy Bazaar Manali on Saturday night. fronted them. One of the Prabhu and Mahadevan. police, Karthik, 15, a resi personnel are on the beach names with the PRO on or friend, to accompany him to trac investigation wing. According to the police, those loading the bags was A total of 750 bags was dent of Villivakkam, went to to prevent people from en #3 5 4 5 0 3 before March 1, said a press Vadapalani. The driver, Vinod Kumar, wheat procured from die Kalidas Kannan of Thoothu seized. A hunt is on for one the beach with nine friends. tering the sea,” said a police release. “They were on their way was arrested. rent parts of the country is kudi. “He was a labour con more suspect. They were swimming in ocer. CHENNAI TODAY Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi 9.30 a.m. auguration of national conference on ‘ Gold stolen from houses Mahaswami Auditorium, Vani Mahal, Nippon Paint and United Way Emerging Challenges of Elderly: Im- G.N. Chetty Rd., T. Nagar, 4.30 p.m.; Chennai: Launch of initiative to paint plementation of programme and RELIGION Savita Sreeram, 6.45 p.m. Chennai Schools by Chennaiyin FC policy making,’ Casa Major Rd., Egmore, 10 a.m. Special Correspondent a police ocer. Babu claims CULTURE players, Chennai Middle School, Be- CHENNAI the thief sprayed a chemical Ramayanam: K. Krishnamurthy, Sri gum Sahib St., Royapettah, 1.45 p.m. Hindustan College of Arts and Sci- Sankara Gurukulam, 8/20, C.P. Dhanakoti Middle School and Burglars stole nearly 57 so on them, leaving them un National School of Drama: Staging ence: One-day workshop on Phonet- Ramaswamy St., Abhiramapuram, of English play ‘Goodbye forever’ by A.M.T. Montessori School: Plat- ics and Phonology, Padur, Rajiv vereigns of gold jewellery conscious.