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The Coimbatore Corporation has submitted a connection to the State authorities seeking ₹274 crore to conception stormwater drains on 49 roads, covering a full magnitude of 116.29 km successful the city.
Earlier, the Corporation had appointed a backstage consultancy steadfast to behaviour a citywide survey and hole a elaborate task study (DPR). The study identified superior and secondary drains, blocked oregon missing drains, flood-points and locations for caller drain construction. The survey results helped the civic assemblage prioritise roads for the archetypal signifier of the project.
Corporation Commissioner S. Sivaguru Prabakaran said the DPR covers each 100 wards nether the civic limits. “We person submitted a connection to the State authorities seeking ₹274 crore successful the archetypal signifier to instrumentality the project. The task is portion of a larger plan, estimated astatine ₹2,200 crore, to upgrade the city’s stormwater absorption system. Since the full outgo is high, and the State authorities is improbable to authorisation the full amount, we are seeking funds for the precedence areas first,” helium said.
The connection includes roads crossed each metropolis zones. In the South Zone, 8 roads covering 17.5 km person been included, portion the Central Zone accounts for 14 roads spanning 36.5 km. The West Zone comprises 9 roads of 30.4 km, the East Zone 7 roads totaling 16.99 km, and the North Zone 11 roads covering 14.9 km.
