Summary:
The initial plan is to lay a main line to Muttathara STP and then open up options for linking this line to private households.The main line needs to be laid at a depth of 6 metres, covering a distance of 10km. The implementation of sewerage projects under JNNURM in the city had not met even 50 percent fund utilization. A complaint received by PCB shows that another builder at Menamkulam had provided occupancy without complying with basic requirements for STP. “Many of the roads have been converted to bitumen macadam and bitumen concrete (BMBC) roads, which means huge cost for road cutting. All these factors have to be resolved,” an official said.Unscientific disposal of septage has ballooned into a crisis in apartment complexes especially along Kazhakkoottam-Akkulam areas..