CHENNAI: Chennai is all set to elevate its sewage infrastructure with new pumping stations, treatment plants and pipeline spanning hundreds of kilometres in a drive to reclaim its polluted waterways.

According to a report in The Hindu , the initiative comes as residents called for more action to stop waste from flowing into the city's minor canals. The scale of the intervention is massive, with 23 new roadside sewage pumping stations now operational in localities such as Kodambakkam and Alandur. Officials said that the stations are crucial for lifting sewage from low-lying areas and preventing overflows.

Apart from this, a major pipeline replacement project has seen 247 km of old sewer lines swapped with larger capacity pipes, with an additional 213.4 km of new lines laid as part of a

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