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Showing posts with label TOLLY'S NULLAH. Show all posts
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Tolly’s Nullah to get Adiganga outlet to drain out
By Kanchan Chakraborty
Indian Express, Posted: Sep 03, 2009 at 0311 hrs
Kolkata With Metro pillars obstructing the flow of water in Tolly’s Nullah, the state irrigation department has decided to connect the drain with Adiganga at Kamalgazi. The water of Adiganga will then be discharged into river Matla in the Sunderbans.
State Irrigation Minister Subash Naskar said the water of Nullah would be diverted from Garia station road beside the EM Bypass to Adiganga. He also said that since the flow in Adiganga is sluggish due to silting, the ministry would soon undertake excavation of the river.
A source in the state irrigation department said the primary survey of the project has begun and the minister had held a high-level meeting with engineers last week.
“The flow of water in Tolly’s Nullah will be restored when it could be connected to Adiganga,” said Naskar. The return of the normal flow in the Nullah is the only way to restore the waterbody, he added.
The irrigation department had excavated Tolly’s Nullah in 2000 under the Ganga Action Plan. But deposition of silt in the river bed reduced the depth of the Nullah between Kudghat and Garia in the last nine years, said an official in the irrigation department.
It was not possible to excavate Tolly’s Nullah every five or ten years, said the official.
The Tolly’s Nullah, which originates from Hooghly at Kidderpore, flows through Tollygune to Garia. The width of the river bed varies from 30 to 7 metres. According to Naskar, pillars of the elevated structure of the Metro rail constructed on the Nullah bed from Kudghat to Pranabnagar — a stretch of nearly 6 kms — have obstructed the flow of water.
Tolly's Nullah to get lease of life
TNN, Aug 25, 2010, 01.18am IST
TIMES OF INDIA
KOLKATA: The state urban development and irrigation department officials held a meeting at Writers' Buildings on Tuesday to discuss how to expedite work on Tolly's Nullah desiltation with the help of Metro railway and KMC officials. The irrigation department will also reportedly start a Rs 40-crore project to desilt Beleghata circular canal which is drying up fast.
State urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya said Metro authorities will have to take responsibility of maintaining the Tolly's Nullah stretch where they have set up pillars for the extended tube route. "The Nullah is choking at many places due to debris. According to the earlier contract also, Metro authorities were responsible for the upkeep of this stretch. The chief secretary will hold a meeting on this and I will take stock later," Bhattacharya said.
Irigation minister Subhas Naskar said that they have already desilted Tolly's Nullah stretch from Garia to Baruipur spending Rs 17 crore. "In the second phase, work will take place from Baruipur to Suryapur at a cost of Rs 27 crore," Naskar said.
State urban development minister Asok Bhattacharya said Metro authorities will have to take responsibility of maintaining the Tolly's Nullah stretch where they have set up pillars for the extended tube route. "The Nullah is choking at many places due to debris. According to the earlier contract also, Metro authorities were responsible for the upkeep of this stretch. The chief secretary will hold a meeting on this and I will take stock later," Bhattacharya said.
Irigation minister Subhas Naskar said that they have already desilted Tolly's Nullah stretch from Garia to Baruipur spending Rs 17 crore. "In the second phase, work will take place from Baruipur to Suryapur at a cost of Rs 27 crore," Naskar said.
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