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Thiruvananthapuram: The tussle over digging of newly widened road for the pipe laying works has finally ended with the intervention of Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. On Friday, the officials of Kerala Water Authority (KWA) began digging of the 1 km Peroorkada-Vazhayila road developed under the City Roads Improvement Project (CRIP) to lay pipe from Aruvikkara to city.
Both Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL) have been opposing the digging of the road. However, things went in favour of KWA due to the repeated pipe bursts in the main transmission line. Recurrent pipe bursts made it crucial to replace 1995-made 1200 mm diameter pre stressed concrete pipe with 1219 mm diameter mild steel pipe.
In a meeting convened by Chief Minister last week, PWD secretary was asked to give permission for road cutting. Following this, KWA paid KRFB Rs 2.66 crore as restoration charge. KWA had also paid Rs 4.65 crore to PWD as restoration charge for more than 6 km from Aruvikkara to Vazhayila.
According to KWA officials, the pipe replacement work has covered almost 2.35 km so far. “Currently, three batches of employees were deputed at the stretch. One batching is working from pumping station in Auvikkara junction while other batch in the opposite direction. The third batch has begun work in the Peroorkada-Vazhayila stretch,” said KWA official. After completion of work in Aruvikkara, the two batches will shift to Kalathukal-Kachani stretch.
Traffic at one lane has been blocked at the Peroorkada-Vazahyila stretch as part of the work. According to KWA, it would take 30 days to complete the work. The ms pipe will be laid in almost 8 km stretch from Aruvikkara to Peroorkada. Once the ms pipe is commissioned, the psc pipe will serve as emergency line. The Rs 38 crore project involves laying of pipe along Aruvikkara dam- Aruvikkara junction- Irumba- Kalathukal - Kachani - Mukkola-Vazhayila - Peroorkada stretch. Ms pipes are expected to have life of 80 years. Though KWA got sanction for the project in August 2012 and inauguration was held in September, the actual work began in January, this year. Water Resources Minister P J Joseph has set June as the deadline for completion of pipe laying project.
KWA's major worry of transmission loss due to leakage and recurrent pipe bursts will end with the commissioning of new pipe.
ENDS
Thiruvananthapuram: The tussle over digging of newly widened road for the pipe laying works has finally ended with the intervention of Chief Minister Oomen Chandy. On Friday, the officials of Kerala Water Authority (KWA) began digging of the 1 km Peroorkada-Vazhayila road developed under the City Roads Improvement Project (CRIP) to lay pipe from Aruvikkara to city.
Both Kerala Road Fund Board (KRFB) and Thiruvananthapuram Road Development Company Limited (TRDCL) have been opposing the digging of the road. However, things went in favour of KWA due to the repeated pipe bursts in the main transmission line. Recurrent pipe bursts made it crucial to replace 1995-made 1200 mm diameter pre stressed concrete pipe with 1219 mm diameter mild steel pipe.
In a meeting convened by Chief Minister last week, PWD secretary was asked to give permission for road cutting. Following this, KWA paid KRFB Rs 2.66 crore as restoration charge. KWA had also paid Rs 4.65 crore to PWD as restoration charge for more than 6 km from Aruvikkara to Vazhayila.
According to KWA officials, the pipe replacement work has covered almost 2.35 km so far. “Currently, three batches of employees were deputed at the stretch. One batching is working from pumping station in Auvikkara junction while other batch in the opposite direction. The third batch has begun work in the Peroorkada-Vazhayila stretch,” said KWA official. After completion of work in Aruvikkara, the two batches will shift to Kalathukal-Kachani stretch.
Traffic at one lane has been blocked at the Peroorkada-Vazahyila stretch as part of the work. According to KWA, it would take 30 days to complete the work. The ms pipe will be laid in almost 8 km stretch from Aruvikkara to Peroorkada. Once the ms pipe is commissioned, the psc pipe will serve as emergency line. The Rs 38 crore project involves laying of pipe along Aruvikkara dam- Aruvikkara junction- Irumba- Kalathukal - Kachani - Mukkola-Vazhayila - Peroorkada stretch. Ms pipes are expected to have life of 80 years. Though KWA got sanction for the project in August 2012 and inauguration was held in September, the actual work began in January, this year. Water Resources Minister P J Joseph has set June as the deadline for completion of pipe laying project.
KWA's major worry of transmission loss due to leakage and recurrent pipe bursts will end with the commissioning of new pipe.
ENDS
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