Chennai Metro Water launches desilting works in various parts of the city

Chennai:
Chennai Metro Water is carrying out desilting works in various parts of the city in a bid to ensure that the sewers don't get choked during the monsoon resulting in innundation of the streets
Interestingly, this comes in the wake of state chief minister J Jayalalithaa instructing the officials to take necessary precautionary measures to meet the challenges of the monsoon in the city.
Metro Water officials said that they will be desilting the manholes and sewer main by using jet rodding and desilting machines from Thursday to October 10 . A Metro Water spokesman said that Metro Water has identified the sewers in the streets as well as manholes that cause regular problem to commuters as well as residents.
He said that Metro Water will be desilting 52,000 meter of sewer main and 1,800 manholes by utilizing 29 jet rodding machines and 29 desilting machines. Metro Water managing director B Chandramohan inpected desilting works at nine places including Visalakshi Nagar, Gandhipuram and Mambalam areas.
The sewage generated from the households of Chennai City travels through 3,643 Km of sewer main and pumped through 219 Sewage Pumping Stations to the 12 Sewage Treatment Plants located at six places and treated according to the qualities specified by the Pollution Control Board and let into the Chennai City Waterways, Metro Water officials stated.
Metro water said that solid waste received from the households and the commercial complexes and the silt entering along with rain water during monsoon period causes sewer obstructions in the system.
Metro Water has also requested the public not to let solid waste into the sewage system. This will block the sewage system and by not allowing the rain water to drain through the sewage manholes, it will result in accumulation of silt in the sewage system.