Butail assures sewerage project for Palampur areas

Ravinder Sood

PALAMPUR, May 27

Brij Behari Lal Butail, local MLA and Speaker of state Assembly, assured the residents that a sewerage project costing Rs 17 crores for the satellite areas of the town was in pipeline and likely to be cleared by the state government soon. He said a revised detailed project report had been prepared and most of satellite areas of the town had been included in this project.

Butail, who was addressing a deputation of local residents here this morning, said he was aware of the problems being faced by the residents of one dozen panchyats where vast urbanization had taken place in the past five years. Residents pointed out that sewerage and disposal of garbage had become a major health hazard and needed immediate solution.

The residents of satellite areas of town stressed that they should be given all amenities at par with municipal councils or municipal limits of the town be extended by setting up a municipal corporation with the merger of one dozen panchayats adjoining Palampur.

In the absence of sewerage facility in panchayats areas, residents thrown sewer in Kirpal Chand Kuhal, Bhiral and Mol Khuds and other irrigation channels which are lifeline of one lakh residents living in lower areas of Palampur.

Today the satellite areas (one dozen panchayats) of Palampur are crying for attention of the authorities concerned as most of the roads and streets are in bad shape. Potholed roads, overflowing drains and contaminated drinking water are some of the problems plaguing the town.