5 months ago
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The Coimbatore Corporation has begun works astatine Lanka Corner junction successful the metropolis to laic pipelines nether the 24/7 drinking h2o task and to instal a container culvert to amended stormwater drainage.
The civic assemblage has taken up some works simultaneously to debar repeated excavation astatine the junction. As portion of the drinking h2o project, a feeder main moving from Trichy Road successful beforehand of the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital volition beryllium connected to different enactment coming from the State Bank Road. Around 70 metres of pipeline are to beryllium laid for this connection.
The civic assemblage has started installing precast container culverts astatine the aforesaid determination arsenic the existing stormwater drain astatine the junction has been recovered to beryllium inadequate.
According to a elder Corporation official, stormwater from North Coimbatore, Uppilipalayam and the Race Course country converges astatine the junction and overflows during dense rainfall earlier draining into Valankulam. As the existing drain is inadequate to grip the flow, the Corporation plans to instal precast container culverts. The task covers a full magnitude of 45 metres, with excavation enactment nether mode for a 10-metre stretch, portion the remaining sections volition beryllium taken up successful phases.
The authoritative said the enactment is challenging owed to the intersection of the container culvert and the feeder main, compounded by the lack of elaborate records of underground utilities. Several cables walk done the area, requiring to proceed the enactment with caution.
Traffic restrictions person been imposed during the work. Vehicles are not being allowed to participate the Lanka Corner junction from State Bank Road. The works are expected to beryllium completed wrong a week.
