CHENNAI: If water stagnation on the town roads after Wednesday’s spell of rain had left you flustered, you would fume at Greater Chennai Corporation’s flood management plan for the northeast monsoon.
Unable to acquire price range to construct flood drains beneath the Integrated Storm Water Drain (ISWD) mission, the corporation has put off the plan for 12 months. This means the town must make do with its failing infrastructure if a flood hits throughout the monsoon.
“There is not any money. No company has shown willingness to fund. Of the funding choices on the desk, there are complications. Except for what is already in progress, ISWD paintings will not happen sooner than June 2019,” mentioned a senior corporation respectable.
ISWD, mooted by means of former leader minister J Jayalalithaa in 2014 in a bid to reduce the have an effect on of floods, comes to laying a posh network of micro and macro drains to allow rainwater to glide unimpeded into canals and rivers. Estimated to cost `four,034 crore, the mission was once to hide Kosasthalaiyar, Adyar, Cooum and Kovalam basins.
But the civic frame does now not have sufficient price range to soak up paintings within the Kosasthalaiyar and Kovalam basins. It even knocked at the Union govt’s doorways however to no avail. “We had written to NITI Aayog but it surely declined our request,” a corporation respectable mentioned.
Corporation sources blamed the slow tempo of functioning of German development bank KfW for its incapacity to build drains within the Kovalam basin. “KfW reviews Chennai’s projects in a three-month duration throughout the 12 months. If we miss getting the approval within this window, we want to wait till subsequent 12 months,” the supply mentioned.
But the paintings on Kovalam remains a nonstarter partly since the corporation submitted an outdated detailed mission report to KfW. The funding company found the mission possibility checks insufficient and requested the corporation to redo it inflicting the extend. The revised reviews don't seem to be expected to be ready sooner than June 2019.
Work on building drains within the Adyar and Cooum basins at an estimated `1,261.50 crore began greater than 3 years in the past. The mission, which has already ignored several deadlines, would be completed by means of September-end, municipal management minister S P Velumani instructed the meeting on Monday.
But the crimson tape means more hassle for citizens. B V Ramanan of Kaliamman Koil Street in Virugambakkam mentioned the prospect of another flood was once terrifying. “There was once 3 ft of flood water within our space in 2015,” he mentioned. C Karthik, a resident of Cross Road in New Washermenpet, mentioned the state govt’s “misplaced priorities” were guilty. “They have money to spend on memorials and celebrating MGR’s anniversary. The folks will have to be their priority,” he mentioned.
Unable to acquire price range to construct flood drains beneath the Integrated Storm Water Drain (ISWD) mission, the corporation has put off the plan for 12 months. This means the town must make do with its failing infrastructure if a flood hits throughout the monsoon.
“There is not any money. No company has shown willingness to fund. Of the funding choices on the desk, there are complications. Except for what is already in progress, ISWD paintings will not happen sooner than June 2019,” mentioned a senior corporation respectable.
ISWD, mooted by means of former leader minister J Jayalalithaa in 2014 in a bid to reduce the have an effect on of floods, comes to laying a posh network of micro and macro drains to allow rainwater to glide unimpeded into canals and rivers. Estimated to cost `four,034 crore, the mission was once to hide Kosasthalaiyar, Adyar, Cooum and Kovalam basins.
But the civic frame does now not have sufficient price range to soak up paintings within the Kosasthalaiyar and Kovalam basins. It even knocked at the Union govt’s doorways however to no avail. “We had written to NITI Aayog but it surely declined our request,” a corporation respectable mentioned.
Corporation sources blamed the slow tempo of functioning of German development bank KfW for its incapacity to build drains within the Kovalam basin. “KfW reviews Chennai’s projects in a three-month duration throughout the 12 months. If we miss getting the approval within this window, we want to wait till subsequent 12 months,” the supply mentioned.
But the paintings on Kovalam remains a nonstarter partly since the corporation submitted an outdated detailed mission report to KfW. The funding company found the mission possibility checks insufficient and requested the corporation to redo it inflicting the extend. The revised reviews don't seem to be expected to be ready sooner than June 2019.
Work on building drains within the Adyar and Cooum basins at an estimated `1,261.50 crore began greater than 3 years in the past. The mission, which has already ignored several deadlines, would be completed by means of September-end, municipal management minister S P Velumani instructed the meeting on Monday.
But the crimson tape means more hassle for citizens. B V Ramanan of Kaliamman Koil Street in Virugambakkam mentioned the prospect of another flood was once terrifying. “There was once 3 ft of flood water within our space in 2015,” he mentioned. C Karthik, a resident of Cross Road in New Washermenpet, mentioned the state govt’s “misplaced priorities” were guilty. “They have money to spend on memorials and celebrating MGR’s anniversary. The folks will have to be their priority,” he mentioned.
Come monsoon, Chennai may sink again
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