Councillors concerned over poor sewer management in city
The Hindu
Cutting across party lines, councillors of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) in the meeting of the council on Tuesday expressed concern over the poor sewer management blaming it on the lethargy of the bureaucracy to address the issues on priority
Cutting across party lines, councillors of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) in the meeting of the council on Tuesday expressed concern over the poor sewer management blaming it on the lethargy of the bureaucracy to address the issues on priority.
The councillors said that maintenance of many wet wells has come to a standstill and the civic body is facing dearth of staff to maintain the sewer infrastructure.
Manholes in many parts of the city are overflowing and sewage has been let into storm-water drains and other waterbodies including ‘raja kaluves’.
They pointed out that the wet wells at Kadekar, Faisalnagar, Padil, and Jalligudda are not being maintained at all.
Raising the matter, Leader of the Opposition Naveen R. D’Souza said that the civic body has totally neglected the maintenance of its wet wells, sewage treatment plants, and manholes. Old pipelines in many wards will have to be replaced. There are not enough workers to maintain them and contract system of maintenance is not working effectively.
T. Praveenchandra Alva from Kankanday ward said that only sewage flows in the ‘rajakaluve’ that joins the Netravathi from Pumpwell.
Senior councillor Lancelot Pinto said that wet wells are not being maintained on Sundays. When the maintenance of wet wells has been outsourced they should be maintained daily without a break. If not, why should the civic body make full payment to the contractors maintaining them, he asked.
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