NMC to undertake repair of sewage lines chambers in Nandini river

NASHIK: A month after the sewage chambers in the river Nandini, also known as Nasardi, were washed away and sewage lines damaged in flood water due to heavy rains in the city, the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has begun the process to undertake repair works in Nasardi, also known as Nandini river.
As part of this, the municipal corporation has commenced a tender process to appoint contractors to repair sewage lines and sewage chambers in Nandini.The Nandini river was flooded due to heavy rains last month.
Speaking to TOI, an official from NMC said, "We will soon start work to repair sewage lines in Nandini river, which were damaged due to flood recently. We have already floated a tender for sewage lines in the river in the limit of municipal corporation. The total work is estimated to cost about Rs 2 crore. The works will begin once the tender process is completed and the work orders are issued to the contractors concerned. It will take a month or two for the work to begin."
Nandini originates from the foothills of Santusha hill near Mahirawani and Belgaon Dhaga and meets the Godavari at Takli Sangam. The river enters the city from Pimpalgaon Bahula and reaches Godavari at Takli Sangam.
Rajesh Pandit, a social activist, who had filed PIL at the Bombay high court regarding the pollution at Godavari said, "We are of the view that sewage lines in the riverbed of Nandini should be shifted out of blue line of the river. The flood water had entered sewage lines through broken chambers. The National Environmental Engineering and Research Institute (NEERI) has already suggested that sewage lines should not be constructed in red and blue lines of the river."
He said, "Hence, instead of repairing the damaged sewage lines and chambers, the municipal corporation needs to shift the lines in the same way as the Pune municipal corporation (PMC). In Pune, the civic body had spent Rs 117 crore on sewage lines in the riverbed. Nevertheless, the high court had directed the PMC to remove sewage lines constructed in the riverbed."
We will soon start work to repair sewage lines in Nandini river, which were damaged due to flood recently. We have already floated a tender for sewage lines in the river in the limit of municipal corporation. The total work is estimated to cost about Rs 2 crore. The works will begin once the tender process is completed and the work orders are issued to the contractors concerned. It will take a month or two for the work to begin