The ongoing underground drainage (UGD) project in Tiruchi is expected to be completed by June as 80% of the work has been completed.
The Tiruchi City Corporation, under three different phases — Phase II, Phase III, and the Smart Cities Mission — is implementing the underground drainage project in 45 wards. Phase II began in 2018 at an estimate of ₹344 crore while Phase III work commenced in 2019 at a cost of ₹366 crore under the AMRUT scheme.
Work is under way at Karumandapam, K.K. Nagar, Edamalaipattipudur, Sundar Nagar, Crawford, and Cantonment. Laying of pipelines and construction of sewage chambers was supposed to be completed by December 2023 as the Corporation could not meet the earlier deadline of June 2023.
