Work is on in full swing for the Rs. 27.2-crore Parson Valley Scheme - III to improve water supply in Udhagamandalam town. The work that began in January this year and scheduled to be completed in February 2017 is carried out by the Tamilnadu Water and Drainage (TWAD) Board in two phases – through two contractors.
A senior municipal official said that one of the contractors is carrying out the works at Parson Valley and establishing the treatment plant, which has already begun. The other contractor is working on the tank, sump and pipeline works in Udhagamandalam Town.
Pipes for the 10 km long from Parson Valley to Theetukal has arrived and pipes have been laid for a stretch of five km. In the town, laying of the distribution lines has been competed on Ettines Road for a stretch of 500 meters.
Pipe laying works are under way at Thitukal for 600 meters, Nondimedu for 500 meters, Kodapamund for 420 meters and Bedhams Road for 400 meters. The digging of roads and footpaths for a stretch of 28 km in the town as part of the scheme will be done in a phased manner.
On completion of the works the water supply to the town is expected to increase from the existing 12 million litres per day to 17 million litres a day.
This would in turn increase the water supply per persons from the existing 100 to 105 litres a day (or lesser when there is a damage on the pipeline) to 135 litres a day.
Once the pipeline works are completed in the town, eight of the roads will be laid as part of an existing scheme.
While patch work will be carried on the more than 35 other roads, they could be laid afresh only when funds are sanctioned by the State Government, as part of the 150th year of the formation of Udhagamandalam Municipality.
As part of the 150{+t}{+h}year facelift project for the town, the local body has sought Rs. 128 crore for carrying out various development works. This includes Rs. 30 crore for relaying roads in the town for the roads that have been dug and will be dug for Parson Valley Scheme-III.
This scheme is still at the proposal stage and it could get sanctioned only after the assembly elections.
A senior municipal official said that one of the contractors is carrying out the works at Parson Valley and establishing the treatment plant, which has already begun. The other contractor is working on the tank, sump and pipeline works in Udhagamandalam Town.
Pipes for the 10 km long from Parson Valley to Theetukal has arrived and pipes have been laid for a stretch of five km. In the town, laying of the distribution lines has been competed on Ettines Road for a stretch of 500 meters.
Pipe laying works are under way at Thitukal for 600 meters, Nondimedu for 500 meters, Kodapamund for 420 meters and Bedhams Road for 400 meters. The digging of roads and footpaths for a stretch of 28 km in the town as part of the scheme will be done in a phased manner.
On completion of the works the water supply to the town is expected to increase from the existing 12 million litres per day to 17 million litres a day.
This would in turn increase the water supply per persons from the existing 100 to 105 litres a day (or lesser when there is a damage on the pipeline) to 135 litres a day.
Once the pipeline works are completed in the town, eight of the roads will be laid as part of an existing scheme.
While patch work will be carried on the more than 35 other roads, they could be laid afresh only when funds are sanctioned by the State Government, as part of the 150th year of the formation of Udhagamandalam Municipality.
As part of the 150{+t}{+h}year facelift project for the town, the local body has sought Rs. 128 crore for carrying out various development works. This includes Rs. 30 crore for relaying roads in the town for the roads that have been dug and will be dug for Parson Valley Scheme-III.
This scheme is still at the proposal stage and it could get sanctioned only after the assembly elections.