TIRUCHI: All the 16
packages of sanitation schemes sanctioned for 73 permanent habitations
of the tsunami-affected people in Tamil Nadu will be completed by March
2009, according to N. Rajakumar, Joint Chief Engineer, Tsunami Cell,
Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board.
The schemes, to be executed at a cost of Rs.29.37 crore with World Bank
assistance, will be implemented in 17 permanent tsunami habitations in
five municipalities and 56 permanent habitations in 18 town panchayats
in Nagapattinam, Kanyakumari, Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tuticorin and
Kancheepuram districts.
About 56,870 tsunami affected people would benefit from the schemes
taken up under the Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction Project, Mr.
Rajakumar told reporters here on Wednesday.
Maintenance
The work on four packages, being executed by the Board, had started in
Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Cuddalore and Tuticorin districts.
Tenders had been floated for the other packages.
The sanitation systems would be handed over to local bodies, and the
local communities would be put in charge of their operation and
maintenance.
Different technologies
The sanitation systems would be set up with three different
technologies: fluidised bed biological reactor; single pass
intermittent sand filter; and decentralised wastewater treatment system.
The Board would execute 11 packages, and six others would be
implemented through the Centre for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD), a
Bangalore-based consultant.
Exposure visit
Officials and representatives of local bodies where the schemes are to
be executed were on a two-day exposure visit to study the wastewater
treatment systems functioning in the Musiri town panchayat near Tiruchi.
Mr. Rajakumar disclosed that 30 out of the 41 water supply schemes for
the tsunami-hit areas in 11 districts, sanctioned under the Tsunami
Emergency Assistance Project at a cost of Rs.82.18 crore, were
completed.
The schemes were implemented with assistance from the Asian Development
Bank.
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