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Time of India
12 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
TN to take up 3,360 cr worth sewerage projects in 14 corps
Chennai: As part of efforts to strengthen urban infrastructure, the Tamil Nadu govt is implementing underground sewerage work worth 3,360 crore across 14 municipal corporations under the AMRUT 2.0 scheme. The Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT 2.0), launched in Oct 2021, aims to ensure universal access to basic urban services such as water supply, sewerage, and sanitation. In TN, cities including Tirunelveli, Vellore, Dindigul, Salem, Cuddalore, and Nagercoil will benefit from the ongoing sewerage work. More than 3,000 km of sewer pipelines will be laid, along with new sewage pumping stations, enabling over five lakh households to shift from septic tanks to a direct underground drainage (UGD) network. Officials from the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department said the works are expected to begin within a month and will take around two years for completion across districts. "Deadlines vary by corporation. The UGD network will also help prevent pollution of local rivers," said a senior official. In total, more than 60 local bodies in TN have received project approvals under AMRUT 2.0, with a sanctioned cost of 14,688 crore, including 4,942 crore in central assistance.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Govt will establish STP in Periyanaickenpalayam after identifying suitable land: Minister
Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Nehru on Thursday said the State government will identify a suitable parcel of land and establish a sewage treatment plant (STP) to prevent wastewater from being discharged in a stream flowing through Periyanaickenpalayam town panchayat in Coimbatore district. The Minister was responding to a calling attention motion moved by Kavundampalayam MLA P.R.G. Arunkumar who sought the State government to prevent mixing of sewage in a stream in Periyanaickenpalayam town panchayat. The Minister said more than 32,000 people live in Periyanaickenpalayam in which there are 10,951 residential buildings, 1,029 commercial establishments and 321 industrial buildings. All houses are equipped with toilet facilities and septic tanks. The commercial establishments, and industrial units in that area have their own sewage treatment mechanisms and no chemical waste, industrial effluents or sludge is directly discharged into streams, he said. In Periyanaickenpalayam town panchayat, a 50 KLD (kilolitres per day) capacity faecal sludge treatment plant was established at a cost of ₹ Rs. 2.48 crore. Efforts are also being made to identify suitable locations for establishing a STP. However, due to non-availability of suitable land the project was delayed. The State government is even ready to purchase private land located outside of residential localities to establish the STP, he added.
The Hindu
23-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
T.N. govt. will take steps to expedite drinking water project work in Palani: Minister
Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Nehru on Wednesday (April 23, 2024) informed the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that the State government will expedite measures to complete the pending work on the drinking water supply project in Palani Municipality. He was responding to a calling attention motion moved by MLAs I.P. Senthil Kumar, V.P. Nagaimaali, and M. Chinnadurai, who sought his intervention to expedite the ongoing drinking water supply project in Palani, one of the six abodes of Lord Murugan. The Minister said in Palani Municipality, under the State Finance Commission Incentive Fund 2023-24, work is being carried out at an estimated cost of ₹18.59 crore for the installation of additional water purification infrastructure at the municipality's summer water reservoir and for laying pipelines to pump water from the main reservoir to the overhead water tank located at the foothills. As part of the drinking water scheme, a 450-mm diameter drinking water pipeline needs to be laid for a distance of 800 metres along the 'Girivalam' path. However, based on a request from the Devasthanam to make alternate arrangements for laying the pipeline in that area, a survey was conducted and it was decided to route the drinking water pipeline along the inner side of the retaining wall situated on the outer part of the Girivala Veethi road. The State government will take expeditious steps to complete the pending work, he added.
The Hindu
22-04-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Chennai River Restoration Trust to restore 12 waterbodies across T.N.: Minister
As many as 12 waterbodies across Tamil Nadu have been taken up for restoration, rejuvenation, and development with parks, Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Nehru said in the Assembly on Tuesday (April 22, 2025). The Chennai River Restoration Trust (CRRT), which undertook the Adyar project, will restore the 12 major waterbodies across Tamil Nadu, he said, replying to a query by DMK MLA M. Varalakshmi (Chengalpattu). During the Question Hour in the House, Ms. Varalakshmi asked whether the government would take steps to prevent sewage from being let into Ninnakkarai lake in Maraimalai Nagar, in the Chengalpattu constituency. Listing the various steps being taken to clean up waterbodies in Chengalpattu district, Mr. Nehru said once they were completed, the sewage flow into the waterbody would be stopped. The Minister also referred to the dumping of biomedical waste and sewage into Kolavai lake in Chengalpattu district, and said the district administration had placed a request to the Railways in this regard.
The Hindu
21-04-2025
- Health
- The Hindu
Three deaths in Tiruchi's Woraiyur not due to water contamination, says Minister in Assembly
Tamil Nadu's Minister for Municipal Administration and Water Supply K.N. Nehru on Monday (April 21, 2025) rejected claims that the three deaths in Woraiyur, Tiruchi, were due to water contamination in the area. He further contended that the distribution of buttermilk and cold drinks during a recent festival in nearby areas could have caused several people to fall ill. In his reply to a special calling attention motion moved by Leader of the Opposition Edappadi K. Palaniswami and others in the Assembly, Mr. Nehru said there was no evidence that a four-year-old child had died due to diarrhoea from consuming contaminated water, according to the preliminary autopsy report. He added that a 90-year-old woman who died had been ill for the past 10 days, while the third deceased, a 53-year-old woman, had a heart ailment and died of cardiac arrest at her residence. After seven individuals complained of vomitting and diarrhoea in wards 8 and 10 of the Woraiyur area of Tiruchi Corporation on April 18, a team comprising 286 persons, including doctors, nurses, and health inspectors, was constituted. It took necessary steps, the Minister said. The officials surveyed 1,492 houses and screened 6,416 individuals. A total of 53 individuals, including 29 women and six children, were admitted as in-patients to both government and private hospitals. Nine special health teams organised camps, in which 28 were treated as out-patients. Of them, five were referred to State-run hospitals, he said. As part of precautionary measures, medicines, ORS, among others were distributed to 11,875 individuals, and water samples have been collected from six locations and sent for laboratory testing, he said. Meanwhile, 10 monitoring teams have been constituted, and they have been inspecting all the houses in the area. 'Action against buttermilk distributors' Even so, diarrhoea was also being reported in nearby rural areas where a Chithirai car festival was held recently in which food, buttermilk, and cold drinks were distributed to people, Mr. Nehru said. 'It is possible that they could have been the causes for diarrhoea. Since the piping is different from areas under the Corporation areas and rural areas, there is no chance that this was because of drinking water supply,' he contended. However, as part of precautionary measures, water supply has been stopped, and it was being supplied through tanker lorries, the Minister said. On testing, it was found that the water was found to be fit for human consumption, he said. On April 19, a total of 39 individuals were admitted as a precautionary measure, and so were 14 individuals the following day, and all of them were alright now, he said. The situation was under control, he assured. Expressing suspicion over the buttermilk and cold drinks supplied during the festival, the Minister said he has instructed for the identification of those responsible for their distribution and to initiate action against them. Panruti MLA T. Velmurugan, VCK's S.S. Balaji, CPI (M)'s V.P. Nagaimaali, PMK's G.K. Mani, and Congress' J.G. Prince also spoke, moving the special calling attention motion in the House over the issue.
