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Residents of Sembakkam person raised concerns implicit earthy sewage being discharged into the Sembakkam water done a transmission bringing floodwater from catchment areas.
Spread implicit 100 acres, the peri-urban water is portion of the web of waterbodies linked to the Pallikaranai marshland. Though the water has undergone immoderate restoration efforts, the halfway contented of sewage contamination remains unresolved, enactment residents.
Residents of Sri Sarvamangala Nagar, Chitlapakkam, alleged that sewage from areas similar Rajarajeswari Nagar Main Road, Haridaspuram Main Road, and Venkataraman Nagar First Main Road were linked to a transmission carrying floodwater from Nanmangalam lake, Pachamalai hills, and different areas.
M. Ravi, secretary, Sri Sarvamangala Nagar Residents Welfare Association, said galore streets are yet to beryllium covered by the underground sewer network. Sewage from assorted streets similar Vinobaji Nagar 11th Street is connected to floodwater channels to debar overflow onto the roads. Such merchandise of untreated sewage into the water would pb to biology degradation and contaminate groundwater successful the area, helium said.
Residents besides flagged the deficiency of capable sewage pumping stations to cod wastewater successful the neighbourhood. The enactment to conception a caller installation astatine Thiru.Vi.Ka.Nagar is yet to beryllium completed.
The relation plans to taxable petitions to assorted authorities agencies, including the Tambaram Municipal Corporation and Water Resources Department, to forestall sewage contamination successful the lake, which serves arsenic a cardinal groundwater recharge source.
The water is 1 of the 10 waterbodies chosen for restoration and lakefront improvement by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority. However, the project, which includes operation of a sewage attraction plant, is yet to instrumentality off.
Officials of the WRD said the section periodically writes to the civic assemblage to curb sewage inflow into assorted waterbodies and would co-ordinate with section authorities connected the enactment to beryllium taken. The section has suggested gathering a drain on the water to cod sewage successful a chamber, dainty it, and past merchandise it into the waterbody.
