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Chennai Metrowater volition deploy further sewer lorries and dewatering pumpsets to negociate the expected surge successful sewage load during the upcoming northeast monsoon. The h2o bureau has besides expedited desilting of the sewer network.
To guarantee uninterrupted cognition of 394 sewage pumping stations, Metrowater has raised cardinal infrastructure, including sheet boards, supra the maximum flood level.
About 100 sewer lorries from different districts, including Cuddalore, Villupuram and Tiruvannamalai, volition beryllium hired to wide waterlogging and grip sewage load, successful summation to deploying 506 dewatering pumpsets.
Normally, the h2o bureau treats 665 cardinal litres of sewage daily. During rainy days, the load rises by astir 40% than the mean pumping capacity. Last year, it treated 2,616.28 cardinal litres of sewage successful 3 days since October 16.
Sewage pollution
While 225 chronic locations person been identified arsenic susceptible to sewer problems, residents person urged the authorities acrophobic to prioritise measures to forestall h2o contamination, peculiarly successful densely populated areas.
They constituent retired that drinking h2o contamination begins to aboveground erstwhile the rains abate.
Sewer lines cleaned
E. Earnest Paul, president, Royapuram Resident’s Welfare Association, said the sewer lines and instrumentality holes were being cleaned successful areas specified arsenic Panaimarathotti, Kalmandapam Road, and M.S. Koil Street. Old lines successful immoderate parts of Royapuram had been replaced.
“Last year, low-lying streets successful places specified arsenic Aaduthotti and Kasimedu were waterlogged. Parts of R.K. Nagar reported h2o contamination. Officials indispensable guarantee specified complaints bash not recur this year,” helium said.
According to Chennai Metrowater, 38 sewage pumping stations person been constructed this twelvemonth to summation the sewage pumping capableness successful halfway areas, and grip further sewage load successful added areas specified arsenic Manapakkam, Perungudi, and Madipakkam.
Of the astir 1,61,860 instrumentality holes, 1,57,700 instrumentality holes person been desilted truthful far. Sewer lines, covering 4,690 km of the full 4,787 km, person been flushed arsenic portion of monsoon preparedness.
Officials said stretches of roads dug up for assorted works would beryllium restored by the extremity of this month.
Additionally, sewage pumping stations person been equipped with 390 diesel generator sets, including hired ones, to guarantee continuous operation, adjacent during powerfulness failure.
Online monitoring
Ultrasonic level transmitters person been installed successful pumping stations, featuring Internet of Things-based information transfer, which enables online monitoring and distant power of motors, they said.
Sewer robots would besides beryllium utilized if needed, to redress complaints of sewer blocks and h2o contamination. Improvements to the aged sewer network, covering 354.14 km crossed assorted zones, would further heighten the system’s efficiency, officials added.
