AHMEDABAD: To end the perennial problem of chocked drainage lines in Bopal areas which have been newly merged in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), a proposal has been sent to the standing committee of the civic body to sanction use of CCTV cameras for monitoring of drainage lines. According to the proposal, the cameras will be fitted in the drains for a clear view of the chocked lines and relaying live feed to the officials concerned.
The officials said that the drainage lines frequently get chocked near Sterling City, Sudarshan Tower and Manibhadra Apartment. The AMC has also decided to desilt the existing drainage network using CCTV cameras. The cameras will help the civic body in pinpointing the bottleneck in the drainage system and in constant monitoring for unhindered flow.
The standing committee is likely to take up the matter on Thursday and decide on the agency for desiltation work at an estimated cost of Rs 1.04 crore. The officials said that the decision to install CCTV cameras was taken after getting several complaints of overflowing drainage lines in the area.
In another move, the Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) has decided to connect the drainage lines in the newly merged areas in Bopal with the main trunk line on the Sardar Patel Ring Road. An Auda official said according to the plan, the drainage line would cross a railway line and approval from the railways authorities is required.
“After the railways gave the permission for the drainage line recently, Auda deposited Rs 2 crore with the railways for the under-track drainage work. The work has already begun and it is likely to be over by the end of this month,” said the official.
He said that in the absence of any connection with the main trunk line, sewage overflows and reaches the Bopal lake and small ponds in the area. The official said that with this connection, the issue of drainage water flowing into Bopal lake will also be solved. The AMC has already constructed a pumping station for pushing the drainage water to the main trunk line.
