Rs 5.5-crore storm water drain approved

In a move which can help contain the recurring waterlogging problem in the Acharya Vihar area in the city, the State Government on Wednesday approved construction of a box cell storm water drain connecting drainage channel No. 4 near Acharya Vihar at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore.

In a letter issued by the Housing and Urban Development Department, the BMC Commissioner has been intimated about the approval of the tender proposal for the work, submitted by the civic body on July 11.

After construction of this box cell storm water drain, rainwater would get discharged smoothly in the Acharya Vihar area. The drainage channel number 4 has created havoc in the past for waterlogging in the area.

It can be mentioned that earlier the Cuttack Drainage Division of Water Resources Department has started the work of the box drain for a 570-metre stretch with a cost of over Rs 10 crore.

However, after completing a portion, the work was later transferred to the BMC's Drainage Division which would now complete the rest 377-metre work of the box drain.