Finally taking stock of the undeveloped sewerage system of the city, the Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli instructed the officials to execute the remaining sewerage development work soon.
The long pending 15 per cent sewerage development work of the city would be executed soon under the second phase of JNNURM, he said. In a meeting held with the officials of the Peyjal Nigam and the Project Manager of the ADB, Chamoli asked for the current progress report of the sewerage development plan and also discussed the forthcoming issues to be executed.
Briefing about the project, Chamoli said that, around 85 percent sewerage development works of the city is in progress and the remaining 15 percent work will be executed soon. However, Mayor announced that the master plan would be completed in next 5-6 years with the total budget of Rs 415 crore. He said that the sewerage development plan would be financed mainly by ADB, JNNURM and 13th Finance Commission while the remaining 15 per cent will be funded under JNNURM second phase. Elaborating on the project, Mayor said that this project was proposed in 2010-2011 and would be completed in the coming years. For execution of the plan the city would be divided into five zones.