The project includes cleaning the canal by removing the dumped garbage and constructing landscape around the belt of the canal.
With a view to facilitate water for all, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) of the city along with State Water Resources Department (SWRD) has taken up the project of beautifying Kharicut canal. The project includes cleaning the canal by removing the dumped garbage and constructing landscape around the belt of the canal.
As a part of their pilot project, SWRD took up development work and built the planned design covering 3 km in length. The newly constructed 3 km belt of the canal lies in the area between Naroda-Dedham Road to Pushpkunj Society and has been completed in a period of four months.
Regarding details of the event, JK Trivedi, Executive Engineer of the project revealed that, the pilot project has been constructed and has been beautified with seven water falls, six bridges, 350 decorative lamp posts and four landscapes. "We have completed the pilot project in a very short period of time, which has cost us around Rs 3.5 to 4 crores," added Trivedi.
Talking to media, Trivedi said, "This project has been taken up with two main objectives, first is to facilitate water for residential as well as industrial areas and second, for the purpose of irrigation."
When asked about future plans, Trivedi revealed that the second phase of the project involving 20 km will now be undertaken from Naroda to Vatva. "The project will involve construction of 40 bridges, 1,500 decorative lamps, children's park, benches and foot path. This will take around 1.5 years for completion," added officials.
After cleaning and beautifying the canal, which was used for dumping garbage, there arises a concern for maintaining the beauty and cleanliness of the canal, as the industries would again dump their waste, while residential people will dump their garbage. Clarifying this, officials said, "We will have 70 waste collection units, who would collect solid waste from door to door. This will ensure that people do not dump their garbage in the canal."
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