G.O.(4D).No.24, Providing Sewerage Infrastructure for Narimedu Scheme in Pudukottai District, 2020

Purpose

The Housing and Urban Development (SC2(1)) Department issued G.O.(4D).No.24 on 2 September 2020 to approve Rs.790.11 lakh for sewerage infrastructure at the Narimedu housing scheme in Pudukottai District. The money is sanctioned to the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board from the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund for payment to the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board.

The Narimedu scheme consists of 1,920 tenements being constructed under the Affordable Housing Programme of Housing for All. The housing project cost is stated as Rs.150.58 crore and the work was nearing completion when the funding was approved.

Why the sewerage work is needed

The Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board studied the sewerage requirements for the Narimedu scheme. It concluded that its existing sewer pipeline near the project was not adequate to carry the additional sewage.

The proposed solution is to convey sewage to the existing sewage treatment plant, which has a capacity of 10.62 MLD and is located 6 km away. The existing pipeline diameter must be increased to 400 mm. The estimated cost of these works is Rs.790.11 lakh.

Key provisions

G.O.(4D).No.24 provides that:

• Rs.790.11 lakh is sanctioned from the State Infrastructure and Amenities Fund.
• The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board must use the funding to pay the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board for the Narimedu sewerage works.
• Release of the sanctioned amount is linked to work progress and submission of a utilisation certificate by the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.
• The Director of Town and Country Planning is authorised to draw an account payee cheque in favour of the Personal Deposit Account of the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board.
• The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board must provide the Government Order and expenditure details to the Director of Town and Country Planning for the required accounting adjustments.
• The expenditure is treated as a new item of service. Legislative approval was to be obtained, with the expenditure initially met through an advance from the Contingency Fund pending that approval.

Who is affected

G.O.(4D).No.24 directly concerns the Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Directorate of Town and Country Planning and the Narimedu housing scheme. For prospective allottees, the practical effect is funding for sewerage infrastructure that the document says must be provided before the tenements are allotted. The document does not contain provisions changing private land ownership, patta records or land use classification.