Even after spending crores of rupee on the relaying and upgrading the city's sewer lines under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), civic body can hardly heave a sigh of relief that they have given the city dwellers respite from waterlogged streets during the monsoons. Thanks to the century old sewer lines and age-old pumps at various pumping stations. Moreover, engineers are also skeptic about the fate of these pumps once de-silting and sewerage-relaying projects under the JNNURM are completed.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/now-pumping-stations-worry-kmc
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/statesman-kolkata
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drainage
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jawaharlal-nehru-national-urban-renewal-mission-jnnurm
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-waterlogging
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporations
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/calcutta-d
