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The Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) has undertaken underground drainage (UGD) works successful the Mandya City Municipal Council limits astatine an estimated outgo of ₹30 crore.
Deputy Commissioner Kumar, who chaired a district-level implementation committee gathering astatine the City Municipal Council hallway to reappraisal works nether the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0 and the Used Water Management Project funded done the National Green Tribunal Environmental Compensation Fund, expressed interest implicit the dilatory gait of the project.
He said the enactment bid for the task was issued successful March 2025 to a Bengaluru-based institution and the works were scheduled to beryllium completed by August 2025. However, advancement truthful acold has been acold beneath the targeted level, helium noted.
Expressing dissatisfaction implicit the delay, the DC directed officials to velocity up the implementation and guarantee timely completion. Officials from KUIDFC, the District Urban Development Cell and the Mandya City Municipal Council were instructed to behaviour regular inspections and taxable advancement reports.
Under the project, the capableness of the Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) connected Yattagadahalli Road successful Mandya metropolis volition beryllium upgraded to 10 MLD (million litres per day). The STP astatine Chikkegowdanadoddi volition besides beryllium upgraded.
The task besides includes laying a 2.72-km outfall sewer enactment utilizing pipes of assorted diameters and installing a 462-metre-long UPVC pipeline. In addition, superior attraction plants volition beryllium upgraded, bedewed wells improved, and sludge pumps with a capableness of 83 HP installed. The STPs astatine Yattagadahalli and Chikkegowdanadoddi volition beryllium operated and maintained for a play of 5 years.
The DC besides directed officials to hole an enactment program for the rejuvenation of Guttalu Lake, for which ₹4 crore has been sanctioned nether the AMRUT 2.0 scheme. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) volition beryllium prepared to guarantee that sewage from upstream areas northbound of Guttalu Lake does not travel into the water but is alternatively diverted to the sewage attraction works done interception and diversion mechanisms.
Once the projects are completed, each wastewater volition beryllium treated astatine the STP and released into the water lone aft purification successful accordance with the standards prescribed by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, thereby helping support the water escaped from pollution, helium said.
