Civic body clears proposal for nullah desilting

Finally, a proposal to transport silt from nullahs was cleared by the civic standing committee. However, the civic administration has to relax norms to attract the contractor. As per the new proposal, the vehicle that will carry silt will not have a vehicle tracking system.

On at least five occasions, the civic body had failed to get contractors for transportation of silt from small water drains across the city. It is believed that past desilting scams were the reason that contractors did not show interest.

As per the Rs 3.5 crore proposal, around 65,000 metric tonnes of silt is expected to be transported from roadside and minor storm water drains before the monsoon.