Proposal for retaining walls to mitigate floods with state: Misal
Pune: State cabinet minister and Parvati MLA Madhuri Misal on Thursday said the state govt was considering a proposal to allot Rs 200 crore to construct retaining and safety walls as part of flood mitigation and disaster management steps in the city.
Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has tabled the proposal before the state govt. Misal said the govt will give further instructions after working on the proposal.
The civic body proposed retaining and safety walls at various locations after instances of flooding in the city, but the work has been progressing slowly due to a lack of funds. PMC started the tendering process, however, it was scrapped due to various technical reasons.
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"Besides the construction of the retaining wall, the civic administration has proposed various projects under the disaster management initiatives amounting to Rs 600 crore. The Centre approved Rs 80 crore recently for some projects,"Misal said.
The minister was speaking to media persons after a meeting at PMC headquarters with officials on various issues. "The project of upgrading existing sewage treatment plants (STPs) and construction of new STPs has been taken up," she said.
On the progress of the Swargate-Katraj underground Metro project, Misal said, "Two stations were proposed in addition to three stations proposed in the DPR. We will see how additional expenses can be shared by the state and centre," Misal said.
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