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Early completion of the ongoing Underground Drainage (UGD) work, sterilisation of assemblage dogs, and relaying of cardinal stretches and intersections earlier the onset of northeast monsoon volition beryllium absorption areas for Vellore Corporation successful the coming weeks, said Mayor Sujatha Anandakumar astatine the assembly gathering that was held astatine its office present connected Friday.
Mayor Ms. Sujatha, who chaired the meeting, was responding to councillor R. Rajini of Ward 11 connected assemblage canine menace successful the municipality successful caller months. She said that the Corporation plans to behaviour anti-rabies vaccination and sterilisation for astatine slightest 10 dogs successful each ward successful the coming weeks. “Upgradation of the existing lone Animal Birth Control centre adjacent the caller autobus terminus volition beryllium done soon. Zonal level meetings volition beryllium held with residents, ward members, and civic officials to code the issue,” she said.
As per estimates, Corporation has identified much than 37,000 assemblage dogs arsenic against 9,000 dogs a decennary agone wrong its 4 zones, covering each 60 wards successful the town.
The Mayor said that the Corporation besides focuses connected completing ongoing UGD enactment wrong its limits earlier the onset of northeast monsoon. The ₹ 1,000 crore project, which was rolled retired successful 2019 particularly from its signifier - II enactment onwards, covers 750 kms of sewer lines, 16 pumping and lifting stations and 2 ample STPs. “The Corporation has re-laid astir 2,500 stretches wrong its limits wherever pipeline-laying enactment for the caller drainage strategy has been completed. Remaining stretches volition beryllium re-laid soon,” she said.
Most of the councillors highlighted the request to behaviour monthly assembly meetings arsenic against the existing signifier of erstwhile successful 3 oregon 4 months arsenic specified an statement volition let them to aerial nationalist grievances regularly. “As per plan, the caller tempest h2o drain connected VIT Road particularly adjacent Chittoor autobus halt successful Katpadi is lone 1.5 metres successful depth, which should beryllium accrued astatine slightest 2 metres to discharge excess rainwater during monsoon arsenic these areas are low-lying ones. The re-design of caller drains should beryllium done,” said P. Sivasankari, Ward Member 9.
Corporation Commissioner R. Lakshmanan said that efforts person been taken to commencement h2o proviso to tail-end areas successful Gandhi Nagar successful Katpadi done recently built OHT there. Testing of h2o pipelines is being done by TWAD, which supplies h2o to the civic body.
The three-hour-long assembly meeting, that was chaired by the Mayor, passed a solution for 149 works astatine a outgo of ₹ 320 crore.
