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The Mangaluru City Corporation is proposing to question ₹1,200 from the authorities of Karnataka for repair of aged underground drainage (UGD) lines, laying caller lines and for filling the gaps successful the UGD network, said Deputy Commissioner and Mangaluru City Corporation head H.V. Darshan, successful Mangaluru connected December 18.
This was stated by Mr. Darshan successful effect to complaints astir untreated sewage being fto into drains by immoderate households successful the city, during his phone-in programme held astatine the MCC headquarters.
Among the reasons for letting untreated sewage into the drain, Mr. Darshan said:
- Some apartments person travel up, disconnected constrictive roads, by showing the roadworthy arsenic projected 18-metre roadworthy
- Some apartments bash not person their ain Sewage Treatment Plant (STP)
- Some apartments person STPs that are aged and nary longer operational
- Some apartments bash not person capable abstraction to person a caller STP
- Some houses are not connected to the underground drain web
The occupation of untreated sewage entering tempest h2o drains has travel up earlier the territory In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. The MCC plans to link each households successful Mangaluru to the UGD network.
“We volition question astir ₹1,200 crore successful the forthcoming State Budget for connecting households to the UGD network. This volition besides screen repair of the aged UGD lines, and besides missing links to the UGD lines,” the DC said.
Savitri Devi, a nonmigratory of Yekkur, and Usha Nayak, a nonmigratory of Naguri, said a bully magnitude of untreated sewage h2o was flowing successful the drains successful their areas. Nauseating odor from the h2o was casing occupation for residents surviving adjacent the drain. The residents were besides affected by mosquitoes that breed successful stagnant sewage water, they said.
A nonmigratory of Bikarnakatte pointed retired that akin problems were caused successful their locality owed to a residential flat complex.
Mohammed Saleem from Mahakalipadpu accused 3 residential apartments successful his country of letting untreated h2o into the drain.
