Chennai: Integrated Water Storm Drain Project in the Basin of the Kosasthalaiyar River Stretch across five city zones, the most expensive civil projects, have stopped due to protests for deviations prepared.
The most controversial problem is that the RS 2,470-Crore project conducted using loans from the Asian Development Bank includes the ‘lost link’ waterways, built and connected at Rs 200 Crore before the Kosasthalary project tender was completed.
Now, this includes several waterways on the stretch of ‘missing links’ that do not require new construction.
The contractor said they were ready to compensate with building the same length in other areas in the city.
Also, spend the 200 crore Hospital in the sandy section of Madhavaram where the concrete drain is not needed because the water marketing occurs naturally and quickly, has also attracted criticism.
Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the DRAIN network was prepared in 2014-2015, but before that it could be tendered, the missing link projects were completed in 2020 contractors allocated RS 16 Crore projects in the Madhavaram zone to TI around RS 4 Crore which deserve to be completed Construction is completed under the missing link channel.
“I paid a serious money deposit and now I don’t know what to do.” Last week, residents of Thiru VI Nagar took to the streets after corporate engineers could not answer where rainwater would flow through a new network.
V Arumugam from Thirumalai Nagar said about 13 km of waterways had been placed 13 years ago in the area.
“Even so, we face water logging every year.
Now, this sewer is destroyed and replaced.
Unless they conduct a survey and change the gradient and study the invert level, how does the project work? Disposal fee of 13 km rs 20 crore.” In the MMDA area Mathur, residents say the water channel is being built on the streets as narrowly as 7 feet.
“The house foundation is at risk,” said R S Babu, a civil activist.
A highway official said the project also included several state highways.
“Our department has put several waterways under the 2015-flood emergency work post.
We don’t know why they are included in the package,” he said.
It will be worth Rs 20 Crore.
A retired PWD speech said there were several flood areas in a 128 square Km basin which had eight large lakes and 71 minor tanks.
“But the Civic body does not have technical expertise.
Often, it does not check the gradient and most of the canals and waterways built even in 2018 it does not carry water to the river,” he said, citing the apathur surplus channel for example.
Unless the design is studied and it is ensured that the gradient is correct, this channel will only bring waste because Metrowater has not completed a system of underground sewerage, he added.
A senior company official said the weekly review of the project was active.
“We have placed a team that will monitor work.
We will ensure the gradient and map followed.
We will also pay work executed by the contractor and not what has been done.” Asked whether the tender would be canceled, he said irregularities from the DPR was not uncommon.
“We will revise the project if necessary.”