NASHIK: Residents from low-lying areas near Ramkund complained of foul smell from water accumulated after huge downpour on Wednesday night.
The residents said pungent odour from rain water was unbearable and blamed the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) for the same. They alleged at many places the stormwater drains and sewer drains are not separated due to which the rain water had started smelling.
The residents also took up the issue with local NMC officials who visited the lowlying areas on Thursday. “The storm water lines laid by the civic body around 15 years ago are faulty as drainage lines have been connected to the storm water lines. Moreover, the width of nullahs is small,” Devang Jani, one of the residents, said.
“Also,there are some nullahs that connects directly to river Godavari. Sewage is released into these nullahs that eventually reach Godavari,” he added.
An NMC official said that the work to segregate the storm water drains and sewer lines are on and would be completed soon.
“Some houses have connected their drainage lines to storm water lines. We have started closing the drainage lines and are connecting them to storm water lines,” S Vanjari, executive engineer (environment & Godavari conservation), said.
“Moreover, we are also planning to divert the sewage being released to Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) directly through pipelines so that sewage does not get mixed with river water,” said Vanjari.
“The Nashik Municipal Smart City Development Corporation Ltd (NMSCDCL) has undertaken development of 39-km roads in old city area. The road development project also includes separate sewer and storm water lines,” he said.
