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Chandigarh:

According to MH 1's News Report, the municipal corporation’s (MC) Rs 35-crore project to pump tertiary water to four populated sectors, green belts and houses that are above one kanal has came to a grinding halt, as the UT Administration has cancelled the permission for road cutting. As a result, the MC cannot lay the tertiary water pipeline in Sector 36. In last three years, the project has missed three deadlines, ever since the project commenced in 2008.

Sources in the UT Administration said the permission of road cutting had been cancelled, as the MC had violated the norms set in the permission letter.

In the letter, the administration has asked the MC to use trench-less technology on the roundabout of Sector 36 while laying water pipelines for the project. Even the corporation has to inform the traffic police before commencing the road cut work to make traffic diversion arrangements. Records of the MC show that through this tertiary water pipeline, supply will be provided to the green belts and 5,000 houses that are above one kanal of Sectors 36 to 38.

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The sources said during an inspection of the site, it was found that the corporation had commenced the work without informing the administration and had dug up the road without using the technology. A senior official of the administration said the authority had also penalised the corporation for the damage to the concrete road carpeted two months ago. The official said the administration had not permitted the corporation to start the work of laying the pipelines again so far.

When contacted, MC superintendent engineer RC Diwan said the matter had been sorted out with the administration and the work would start within a few days. He said the project would be completed by mid of January.

The sources further added that the corporation has taken the permission of this road cut work in 2009 also, but the department concerned had not pursued the work at that time.

The sources said the electricity connection for the underground reservoir constructed in Sector 48 for the supply of tertiary water from Sectors 48 to 52 was also lying pending for a long time with the electricity department of the UT Administration.

Even the construction of two reservoirs, including Sectors 28 and 29-B, has not been completed till date.

source: MH 1