Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation - Engineering

       Construction of new administrative buildings and new school buildings and maintenance of all old buildings are being undertaken regularly. New roadside parks, islands, center media are being constructed and maintained every year. Construction of a new Bus stand and a boat house at Singanallur, have already been completed and put into use. 

      The Corporation is maintaining over 28,173 numbers of street lights comprising 22,723 sodium vapour lamps and 5,437 and light fittings. 13 high mast sodium vapour lamps have been installed. 7 No.Of solar photovoltaic street lights have been provided at a cost of 2 Lakhs. In the course of last one year period 1000 Tube Light have been converted into Sodium Vapour Lights. The conversion of Tube Light into sodium vapour Lights is being done in a phased manner from 98 - 99 to 2002 - 2003.

1. Water Supply
   
         There are two major sources of supply of drinking water to Coimbatore City: Siruvani and Pillur schemes.The city is getting daily 87 MLD (million litres per day) from Siruvani and 66 MLD from Pillur. The corporation is maintaining the distribution of water supply. At present, the supply of drinking water is maintained at 150 litres per capita per day (lpcd). The entire supply of water from Siruvani is by gravity whereas pumping is being done in the Pillur scheme. At present Distribution of water supply is made once in 2 days. A seperate schema to augment Pillur water supply to the Coimbatore Corporation is under consideration.
   
   
2. Drainage
   
         To improve the per capita supply, additional infrastructure is being constructed by Tamil Nadu Water supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board with loan from Tamil Nadu Urban Development Fund (TNUDF) and Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO).
   

1. Drainage
   
   The corporation maintains 603.50 kms of storm water drains. About 40 kms of new storm water drains are being constructed and added every year.
   
   
2. Under Ground Drainage
   
   There are 19,897 house sewer connections. It is proposed to extend underground drainage system to the added areas at a cost of Rs.250 Crores. Which is awaiting the council's approval for the methodalogyin funding the project.
   
   
3. Charges for services
   
   The levy of water charges is under stepped tariff system from 1.10.94. The corporation is levying the following service charges:
   1. New Water Supply Connection: Rs.2000
   2. Charges for Underground drainage connection:

    

   Sewerage connection Charges
   Based on property Tax	One time Sewerage collection charges to be collected at the time of new connections.
   	Domestic	Commercial
   Rs. 300	1250	2400
   Rs. 300 - 1000	4500	10000
   Rs. 1000 - 5000	9000	17500
   Rs. 5000	14500	24000
   Annually	4968	10180

   
   
4. Sewage Farms
   
   The Corporation has two sewage farms covering an extent of 815 acres: Ukkadam (115 acres) and Vellalore (700 acres). The Corporation has undertaken an ambitious programme of tree plantation in an area of about 150 acres in the Vellalore sewage farm with the help of the state forest department. Around 55,000 saplings have already been planted.