City sewerage system good, but drainage system needs modernization : Guv

Agartala, Oct 21, 2024, By Our Correspondent

Governor Indra Sena Reddy Nallu said that the sewerage system of Agartala Municipal Corporation was highly developed and regarded one of the best among the systems adopted by other municipal corporations in the country. Nevertheless the governor found that the drainage system in the capital city needed modernization. He advised concerned authorities to seek expert support from NIT-Agartala. The Governor who visited the Integrated Command Control Centre (ICCC) located in the IT building at Indranagar inspected the functioning of the drainage system, operated through the centre.

The officials of the ICCC have apprised the Governor of the sewage system of Agartala through the powerpoint presentation. He also inspected the combined control system online. The Governor also had an online watch in the ICCC over the traffic movement in different areas of the city through police CCTV cameras deployed in different areas of the city.

He also visited the Water Pump House at Banamalipur Agartala, which happened to be the most affected area of the city particularly in the rainy season.

Earlier in the morning, Governor Nallu visited the Waste Processing Site at Debendra Chandra Nagar in Agartala.

During the visit to the center under the control of the Agartala Municipal Corporation, the Governor said that in the line of mandate of Swachh Bharat Mission to create assets and wealth from waste collected and processed from the garbage materials in urban areas, such waste processing centres are being set up under the Central Government's project. The Initiative of Waste processing Centre at Debendrachandra Nagar has been adopted with the similar objective. He also said that the organic fertilizers to be produced at this centre from the waste materials would fulfil the demands of farmers.

Officials said that around 150 metric tons of waste are collected from the city every day and brought to this processing center. And after processing of the collected waste materials, around 7/8 metric tons of organic fertilizer are being produced every day, said Naman Singh, incharge official of the farm, entrusted with processing the waste in the centre.

The Governor was accompanied by secretary UK Chakma, Agartala Municipal Corporation’s Municipal Commissioner Dr Shailesh Yadav.