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CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY
Final Re ort
August 2009
Submitted to Submitted bye o mm ss onera e o un c pa
Adminis tration
6th Floor, Ezhilagam Annex Building
Chepauk, Chennai 600 005
n a v . .
No. 11/6, 18th East Street,
Thiruvanmiyur
Chennai 600 041
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CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY
Final Report
December 2009
Submittedto Submittedby
TheCommissonerateofMunicipalAdministration SMEC(India)Pvt.Ltd
6thFloor,EzhilagamAnexBuilding No.11/6,18thEastStreet,
Chepauk,Chennai600005 Thiruvanmiyur,
Chennai600041
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Final Report City Development Plan for Vellakoil Municipality
CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN - VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN CONTEXT and CONTENT
The Commissioner of Municipal Administration (CMA), Government of Tamil Nadu, under the Third Tamil
Nadu Urban Development Programme (TNUDP III) has taken effective steps to assist the Urban LocalBodies (ULBs) in the State, particularly the Grade III municipalities to strengthen and improve the financial
position for effective capital investment management and service delivery to the public. These ULBs spread
over the State, are service centres to the surrounding rural areas, offering marketing, physical and social
infrastructure facilities. These centres have potential for future growth, and therefore, it is essential to
formulate a City Development Plan (CDP) for these urban centres and immediate implementation of reforms
in these ULBs for better management. In this regard, the CMA has appointed SMEC India Pvt. Ltd as
Consultants for preparing a comprehensive City Development Plan (CDP) for four of the Grade III Municipal
Towns in the Thanjavur region.
2. SWOT and VISION
Vellakoil, a Grade III Municipality in Tiruppurdistrict is located at a distance of 48 km, east of Coimbatore
and 60km, south of Erode town. The area of the town is 64.75 sq.km and the population is 34,438 as per
census 2001. The latitude and longitude of this town are 83641N and 783 30E respectively. It is well
connected by road to the surrounding urban centres.
Vellakoil municipality is a prominent commercial center for agro products like oil, vanaspathy and textiles.
The town and its surroundings has high concentration of power loom & handloom weaving, textile
processing units, rice milling, edible oil expelling units, paper products and basic metal products industries
etc.
The City Development Plan is a tool which adapts a participative approach to planning, and implementing
projects as stakeholder workshops; involving users, elected councillors, line agencies, private organizations,
NGOs and CBOs. Some of the core issues which emerged during interaction with stakeholders include
provision of adequate and quality water supply to all the residents of the city, improvement in solid waste
management and sewerage systems in the town (both currently impacting the physical environment in a
negative manner), rejuvenation of water bodies, and road improvement and improving the financial and
technical capacity of the municipal body.
A town level SWOT analysis, with reference to its regional context has been done based on feedback from
stakeholder workshops and analysis of the status of various sectors of the city.
SWOT Analysis for Vellakoil Municipality
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
Access to Erode, a major node for textile,leather & agriculture, timber based industries
Crippling Environmental pollution to odais & agriculturalhinterland
Good connectivity with nearby Urban centres Absence of recreational facilities
Nh-67 bisecting the town Need to expedite infrastructure improvementsPerennial source of water from River Cauvery Inadequate social infrastructure facilities
High Urban literacy rate at 75% Extensive Municipal area Increased demand forpenetration of Municipal servicesFertile agricultural hinterland
Excellent industrial base of textile, bricks, agrobased timber & leather
Absence of rail connectivity
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Availability of land for future development Rising land and labour costs
Co-operative mindset of community. Increased Environmental regulations & falling margins
Access to Higher Educational Institutions Low skill, low technology manufacturing units
Opposition to leather based industries /brick industriesSource: Feedback from stakeholders meeting and analysis.
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The town of Vellakoil is visualized as An clean and green town; economical ly self sustaining, with
access to physical and social infrastructure .
Supporting this vision is a set of development objectives, defined along various sectors of infrastructure. It
covers the current status, issues in the sector, likely future demand, strategies for improvement and
identified projects to meet these objectives. The sectors covered in the CDP for Vellakoil include water
supply, sewerage and sanitation, solid waste management, storm water drains, street lights, slum
improvement and other remunerative and social projects.
3. CITY INVESTMENT PLAN
The summary of sector-wise investment requirements and prioritisation is given in the following table. The
total investment required would be over Rs. 9018.42 lakhs.
Capital Investment Needs for Vellakoil
S.N Physical Infrastructure facilities Amount
( in lakhs)
1 Water Supply 1199.12
2 Sewerage System 3300.00
3 Storm Water Drains 300.00
4 Solid Waste management 800.00
5 Roads 2043.00
7 Bus Shelter 10.00
8 Street Lights 182.00
9 Slum Improvement 709.00
10 Parks and Play Fields 20.00
11 Market 150.00
12 Public Convenience 35.00
13 Burial Ground 100.00
14 E-Governance 16.00
15 Urban Greenery 10.00
16 Other Projects 100.00
17 Updation of Database on GIS Platform 4000
18 Property Mapping 4.30
Total 9018.42
4. FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF VELLAKOIL MUNICIPALITY
The summary of the financial status of Vellakoil municipality is as follows:
In the case of Vellakoil Municipality, it is observed that the Municipality has shown net deficit in all
the 5 years. Prior to depreciation, the Municipality has shown surplus in 4 out of the last 5 years
except 2006-07. Thus the Municipality has earned cash surplus in 4 years.
The average current collection efficiency of the municipality is very good as compared as to other
municipalities in the district in case of all the sources of income and is around 95% - 100%. The
arrears collection performance in respect of Property Tax and Other Income needs to be improved. The broad financial analysis of the Vellakoil Municipality finances reveal that the Municipality has to
gradually increase its own sources of income and collection efficiency for servicing the additional
borrowings in the future.
The Municipalitys borrowings are high at Rs. 236 lakhs compared to its income. This may result
high debt service in future years. So the Municipalitys capacity to borrow further funds depends on
its capacity to increase its revenues.
To summarise, the overall income pattern of Vellakovil Municipality indicates both positive and negative
features. The positive trends are on the income side, where the Municipality has higher growth rate and
good collection performance.
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5. PROPOSED REFORMS IN URBAN MANAGEMENT
In the Final Report a detailed action plan and implementation schedule to aid the effective execution of the
business plan would be furnished. Achieving the set objectives would require a high degree of commitment
from the municipality and active support of the council and the state government.
The municipality will be expected to adopt measures to improve property tax base, ensure
operational efficiency in street lighting and water supply, computerisation of Municipal functions,
introduce charges for SWM, timely auditing and online publishing of account statements , asset
management plan , capacity building initiatives in the engineering, health and accounts sections.
The Municipal council may assume charge of increase in water charges, removal of public
fountains, privatisation initiatives, and premobilisation of deposits, parking / advertisement
regularisation plan and execution of property mapping exercise. The council would also be required
to include charges for SWM (non-domestic) and regularise unauthorised layouts.
The expectations from the State Government are fast track litigation for disputed properties,
enacting Community Participation law, facilitating private participation in investments, ensuring
transparency in accounting and creating public awareness on the roles and responsibilities of the
citizens.
6. ESTIMATION OF INVESTMENT CAPACITY
The borrowing and investment capacities of the town are arrived considering the revenue income
and expenditure under the sustainable scenario, after implementation of the mandatory reforms
proposed in this report.
The investment capacity for the sustainable scenario can be summed up as below:
Summary of Borrow ing and Investment Capacity
Descript ion Scenar io I Scenar io II Scenar io III
Borrowing Capacity Rs. 373.26lacs Rs. 744.13 lacs Rs. 937.48 lacs
Investment Capacity Rs. 1493.02 lacs Rs. 4134.08 lacs Rs. 5208.24 lacs
Investment Requirement - Rs. 9018.12 lacs Rs. 9018.12 lacsSustainable investment capacity % - IC / IR - 46% 57.75%
Scenario I- Estimation of Investment Capacity on as is where basis
Scenario II- Estimation of Investment Capacity with Projects & Growth Rate of 7.5% for Devolution Funds
Scenario III - Estimation of Investment Capacity with Projects & Growth Rate of 10% for Devolution Funds.
7. INFERENCE
The investment capacity of Vellakoil Municipality on As is Where Basis works out to Rs. 1493
lacs.
The investment capacity of Vellakoil Municipality works to 46% in case of Scenario II (Growth
Rate of Devolution Funds assumed @ 7.5% p.a.) and 58% in case of Scenario III (Growth
Rate of Devolution Funds assumed @ 10% p.a.).
In value terms the investment capacity works out to Rs. 4135 lacs under Scenario II and Rs.
5210 lacs under Scenario III.
It may be observed that the investment capacity has improved with the introduction of new
projects as compared to As is Where Basis scenario. The same is on account of the fact that
the Municipality has large number of commercial and industrial assessments, which are
presently untapped on account of water and sewerage connections.
Thus it can be inferred that the investment capacity of the Municipality is around 46% of the
total investment requirement.
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Based on the above, it can be inferred that the Municipality can take up only the small projects,
where the funding is mostly by way of Grants as given below :
S.No. Particulars Total Priori ty Funding By
A Physical Inf rastructure Facil it ies L : G : O
I Water Supply
a) Improvements to Water Supply 1199.20 A 0:90:10
II Sewerage & Sanitation
a) New Underground Sewerage Scheme 3300.00 A 37:35;28
Total 4499.20
The above two projects can be taken up by the Municipality as there are large number of
commercial and industrial assessments and on stand alone basis these projects are viable at
the funding pattern given above.
Besides the above, the following other small projects can be taken up, where the funding
pattern is mainly by way of grants and deposit mobilization :
Priority pro jects suggested under CDP
S.No. Particulars Total Priorit y Funding By
A Phys ical Infrastructure Facil it ies L : G : O
I Strom Water Drains
a) Construction of new drains and providing mesh covers 300.00 A 0:90:10
II Bus Shelter
a) Construction of New Bus Shelter 10.00 A 100% Grant
III Street Lights
a) High mast lights at Old & New Bus Stand 14.00 A 100% Grant
b) Retrofitting and energy saving devices 23.00 A ESCO
c) Central Median lights at main roads for 3Km 45.00 A 0:90:10
B Social Infrastructure Facilities
I Slum Improvementsa) Improvement to Slums 709.00 B 100% Grant
II Market
a) Construction of Daily Market 75.00 A 100% ULB
b) Construction of Weekly Market 75.00 A 100% ULB
C Other Projects
I Remunerative Projects
a) Commercial Building (G+2) at Erode Road near 50.00 A 100% ULB
Bus Stand
II E-Governance
a) E-Governance 16.00 A 100% Grant
b) Updation of Database on GIS 40.00 C 0:90:10
c) Property Mapping 4.30 A 100% ULBTotal 1361.30
As regards other projects with large financial cost, the Municipality would require more support
from the Government towards both capital cost and operation & maintenance expenses. Thus
it would be possible to take up those projects if more support is provided by the Government
and by improving own sources of income.
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Abbreviation and Acronyms
ANM : Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
AMT : Anna Marumalarchi Thittam
BOT : Build, Operate and Transfer
BPL : Below Poverty Line
BSUP : Basic Services for Urban Poor
CAA : Constitution Amendment Act
CAGR : Compounded Annual Growth Rate
CC : Cement Concrete
CCP : City Corporate Plan
CBED : Community Based Energy Development
CDP : City Development Plan
CETP : Common Effluent Treatment Plant
CFC : Central Finance Commission
CIP : Capital Investment Plan
CPHEEO : Central Public Health & Environmental Engineering Organization
CPM : Consultative Process Meeting
D&O : Dangerous and Offensive Trade
DFR : Draft Final Report
DPR : Detailed Project Report:
EAR : Environmental Assessment Report
ECR : East Coast Road
ESF : Environmental and Social Framework
ETRP : Emergency Tsunami Reconstruction ProjectFY : Financial Year
FOP : Financial Operating Plan
GLR : Ground Level Reservoir
G.S.T Road : Grand South Trunk Road
Gm : Grams
GoTN : Government of Tamil Nadu
Ha : Hectares
HP : Horse Power
HSC : House Service ConnectionIHSDP : Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme
IPT : Intermediate Public Transport
ISP : Integrated Sanitation program
IUDP : Integrated Urban Development Project
JNNURM : Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Kg : Kilogram
Km : Kilometer
LAP : Local Assistance Programme
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LCS : Low Cost Sanitation
Ll : Lakh Litres
LPA : Local Planning Area
Lpcd : Liters Per Capital per day
M : Metres
MIAM : Municipal Infrastructure Asset Management
ML : Million Litres
MLD : Million Litres per day
MSW : Municipal Solid Waste
NGO : Non Governmental Organisation
NH : National Highway
Nos : Numbers
OHT : Over Head Tank
O&M : Operation and Maintenance
PAP : Project Affected Persons
PHC : Primary Health CenterPPI : Pulse Polio Immunization
PPP : Public Private Partnership
PWD : Public Works Department
SFC : State Finance Commission
SH : State Highway
SHG : Self Help Group
Sq.km : Square Kilometers
SST : Summer Storage Tank
STP : Sewage Treatment PlantSWM : Solid Waste Management
TEAP : Tsunami Emergency Assistance Project
TNEB : Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
TNRDC : Tamil Nadu Road Development Corporation
TNSCB : Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board
TNUDP : Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project
TNUIFSL : Tamil Nadu Urban Infrastructure Financial Service Limited
TPD : Tonnes Per Day
TUFIDCO : Tamil Nadu Urban Finance and Infrastructure Development Corporation
TWAD : Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board
UA : Urban Area
UGD : Under Ground Drainage
UIDSSMT : Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small & Medium Towns
ULB : Urban Local Body
VAMBAY : Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana
WBM : Water Bound Macadem
WSP : Waste Stabilization Pond
WTP : Water Treatment Plant
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
1 CONTEXT, CONCEPT AND CONTENTS OF CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1.1 Context of the Study 1
1.2 Objectives 1
1.3 Revice Meeting for Dtaft Final Reports 1
2 TOWN PROFILE, PHYSICAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT 4
2.1 Regional Setting 4
2.2 Physical Features 4
2.3 Climate and Rainfall 4
2.4 History of the Municipality 4
2.5 Demographic Features 4
2.5.1 Population and its Growth 4
2.5.2 Population projection 6
2.5.3 Sex ration and literacy 7
2.6 Occupational Pattern 7
2.7 Physical Planning and growth management issues 8
2.8 Growth Management issues and solution initiatives 8
3 VISION AND STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 9
3.1 Stakeholders workshop and Vision statement 9
3.2 SWOT Analysis 9
3.3 Vision for Vellakoil Town 9
3.4 Strategies for Economic Development 10
3.5 Urban Infrastructure 11
3.5.1 Sector wise Vision 11
3.6 Performance and Demand Assessment 12
3.7 Strategies for Poverty Reduction and Slum Upgradation 14
4 ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 15
4.1 Elected Body 15
Executive Wing 15
4.2.1 General Administration 15
4.2.2 Engineering Department 16
4.2.3 Accounts Department 16
4.2.4 Public Health Department 16
4.2.5 Town Planning Department 16
4.3 Staff Strength Position and vacancy position 16
4.4 Issues in Human Resource 18
4.5 Organisation Management 18
5 INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT 19
5.1 Physical Infrastructure 19
5.1.1 Water Supply 19
5.1.2 Sewerage 21
5.1.3 Storm Water Drains 215.1.4 Improvement to water bodies 22
5.1.5 Soild Waste Management 23
5.1.6 Roads 25
5.1.7 Bus Stand 27
5.1.8 Bus Shelter 27
5.1.9 Street Lights 27
CONTENT
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5.2 Social Infrastructure 29
5.2.1 Slum Improvement 29
5.2.2 Parks and Play fields 30
5.2.3 Market 31
5.2.4 Public Convenience 31
5.2.5 Slaughter House 31
5.2.6 Burial Ground 31
5.2.7 E-Governance 32
5.2.8 Urban Greenary 325.3 Other Projects 32
5.3.1 Updation of Database On GIS Platform 32
5.4 Proposals to be implemented by other Agencies 33
5.5 Capital Investment Plan 34
6 REFORMS AND ACTION PLAN FOR PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION 36
6.1 Present Scenario in Urban Reforms 36
6.2 Proposed Interventions at state level 37
6.3 Proposed Interventions at Municipal level 38
6.3.1 Reforms In Resource Mobilisation 39
6.3.2 Privatisation Initiatives 42
6.3.3 Energy and Resource efficiency 44
6.3.4 Computerisation and E-governance 45
6.3.5 Accounts and auditing 466.3.6 Institutional Management 46
6.3.7 Reforms in Municipal Service Delivery 51
7 ASSETS MANAGEMENT 52
7.1 Activities of Asset Management Plan (AMP) 52
7.2 Priority asset management options 53
7.3 Land Assets 54
7.4 Management Options for land assets 55
7.5 Proposed New Assets 55
8 FINANCIAL OPERATING PLAN 57
8.1 Capital Investment Plan 57
8.2 Other Projects and on going projects 59
8.3 Means of Finance 608.4 Financial Sustainability 65
8.5 Basic Assumptions for Projections 65
8.5.1 Income 66
8.5.2 Expenditure 71
8.5.3 Collections 72
8.5.4 Annuity Factor 73
8.6 Project Cash Flows and FOP Results 73
8.7 Impact of Potential Improvements 81
8.8 Estimation of Investment Capacity 81
8.9 Key Indicators 83
8.10 Inference 83
9 PUBLIC CONSULTATION PROCESS 86
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2.1 Population and growth 4
2.2 Comparative statement of projected population 7
2.3 Occupational Pattern - 2001 7
3.1 SWOT Analysis 9
3.2 Sector wise vision for the key Infrastructure 11
3.3 Performance Indicators for key Municipal Services 12
3.4 Demand for Municipal Services 134.1 Staff Strength 17
4.2 Additional Staff Required 18
5.1 Details of OHTs 20
5.2 Water Tariff-Deposit Details 20
5.3 Demand & Supply in Water Supply - Projection 20
5.4 Storm water Drains - proposals 22
5.5 Solid Waste management Proposals* 25
5.6 Category of roads 26
5.7 Road improvement - Proposals 26
5.8 Existing street lights and energy consumption 27
5.9 Street lights - Proposals 28
5.10 Location of Existing Slum Areas 29
5.11 Details of Existing Slum Areas 29
5.12 Slum - Proposals 305.13 Market - proposals 31
5.14 Proposals to be implemented by other Agencies 33
5.15 Capital Investment Programme 34
6.1 Road map Environmental Improvement 39
6.2 Road Map - Improving revenue from own sources 40
6.3 Road Map Improving revenue from user charges 41
6.4 Road Map for Formation of new sustainable revenue bases 42
6.5 Road Map for Privatization initiatives 44
6.6 Road Map for Energy and Resource efficiency 45
6.7 Road map for Computerization and E-Governance 46
6.8 Technical Assistance for Elected representatives 47
6.9 Technical Assistance for ULB staff 48
6.10 Road map for Accounts & auditing and Institutional Management 49
6.11 Road Map For Implementation Of All Projects 506.12 Reform Agenda - Municipal Service Delivery 51
7.1 Priority Municipal Assets Vellakoil Municipality 53
7.2 Proposed Use Land Asset 54
7.3 New Assets for the year - 2010 to 2015 55
8.1 Projects to be executed by the Municipality 57
8.2 Projects to be executed by Other Agencies 59
8.3 Projects under Implementation by the Municipality 59
8.4 Multi Year Investment Plan and Means of Finance 60
8.5 Consolidated Means of Finance 65
8.6 Ratio of Property tax 66
8.7 Water supply Charges - Existing 67
8.8 House Service Connections - Percentage 68
8.9 Sewage Charges 68
8.10 Increase in Tariff - Sewage Charges 69
8.11 Increase in Deposit - Sewage Charges 69
8.12 Assumptions - Increase in Expenditure 71
8.13 Assumptions O&M 71
8.14 Assumptions Provision of doubtful debts 72
8.15 Assumptions Property tax collection 72
8.16 Assumptions Profession tax 72
8.17 Assumptions Other Non Tax Income 72
8.18 Assumptions Water Charges 72
8.19 Assumptions Drainage Charges 73
8.20 Terms of Loan Funding for Proposed Investments 73
TABLES
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8.21 Consolidated Income & Expenditure for next 20 years (up to FY 2028-29) 74
8.22 Consolidated Balance Sheet for next 20 years (up to FY 2028 29) 76
8.23 Summary of Borrowing and Investment Capacity - Scenario I 82
8.24 Summary of Borrowing and Investment Capacity - Scenario II 82
8.25 Summary of Borrowing and Investment Capacity - Scenario III 83
8.26 Key Indicators 83
8.27 Priority Projects suggested under CDP 84
8.27a Priority Projects suggested under CDP through Grants and Deposits 84
9.1 Major issues and solution initiatives 879.2 Minutes of the consultative process meeting 87
2.1 Occupational Pattern of Vellakoil -2001 7
4.1 Status of Municipal Staff Strength 17
4.2 Organisational structure of Vellakoil Municipality 17
5.1 Functional Elements of a Municipal Solid Waste Management System 24
2.1 Regional setting of the Town 5
2.2 Town Map - Vellakoil Municipality 6
1 Minutes of Meeting2 Population Projection
3 Finance Working Sheets
4 Urban Indicators
FIGURES
MAPS
ANNEXURES
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1CONTEXT, CONCEPT AND CONTENTS OF CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
1.1 CONTEXT OF THE STUDY
The Commissioner of Municipal Administration (CMA), Government of Tamil Nadu, under theThird Tamil Nadu Urban Development Programme (TNUDP III) has taken effective steps to
assist the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the State, particularly the Grade III municipalities to
strengthen and improve the financial position for effective capital investment management, and
service delivery to the public. These ULBs spread over the State, are service centres to the
surrounding rural areas, offering marketing, physical and social infrastructure facilities. These
centres have a good potential for future growth, and therefore, it is essential to formulate a City
Development Plan (CDP) for these urban centres and immediate implementation of reforms in
these ULBs for better management. The CMA has begun the process of capacity building in
these ULBs to enhance their performance. In this regard, the CMA has appointed Consultants for
preparing comprehensive City Development Plan (CDP) for each of the Grade III Municipal
Towns.
1.2 OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the study include:
Defining the directions of growth of the town, and up gradation of services relevant to
economic activities and development.
Examination of the need for the projects identified by the Urban Local Bodies, and
assessment of the demand in terms of gaps either as deficiency or as excess.
Studying the status of essential urban infrastructural services and outlining broadly the
needs. Defining specific rehabilitation and capital improvement needs of infrastructural facilities
and services in all parts of the urban areas including slums.
Analysis of improvement techniques and methods to enhance the local bodies resource
positions and improve the management system that would sustain the proposed
rehabilitation programmes.
Identification of reforms required in administration and service delivery system of the
urban local body.
Studying improvements / changes required in the ULB setup to improve the O&M of
assets.
Identifying measures to address overall growth measures including service needs in a
sustainable mode.
1.3 REVIEW MEETING FOR DRAFT FINAL REPORTS
On the review of the Final reports (Stage-IV) held at the RDMA office, Tiruppur on 10.11.09 for
the towns of Kasipalayam, Surampatti, Veerappanchatram, Periyasemur and Vellakoil
Municipalities, the Review Committee indicated certain remarks in the minutes of the meeting,
and the Consultants updations are presented below:
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The consultants were asked to:
S.N Points raised in the minutes of meeting Reply
Vellakoil Municipality
1. The cost and funding pattern for water supply improvement schemehas to be revised to Rs.1199.12 lakhs (Grant Rs.852.35 lakhs,
TUFIDCO Loan Rs.300 lakhs and ULB contribution Rs.46.77
lakhs). The O&M cost to be revised to Rs.49 lakhs.
Since done. Refer chapter 5, sec
2. Vellakoil Municipality has been annexed to Tiruppur District and the
same needs to be updated in the report.
Since updated.
3. The Proposed cost for the construction of commercial building near
Bus stand has to be revised to Rs.100 lakhs.
Since done. The revised cost has
4. The Weekly Market has to be given as Weekly Market/Shandy. Since done.
Common Points
1. The proposed years under CIP need to changed to 2010-11 to 2014-
15 or as Years 1 to 5.
Since done.
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Road map for City Development Plan
The Table given below presents the stages and contents under each stage of the presentation of the CDP.
Stage I
Inception Report
Stage II
Interim Report
Stage III
Draft Final Report
Town reconnaissance and
Data collection.
Consultations and Analysis Finalisation of
Capital Investment Programme
(CIP)
Modules :
- Strategic vision
- Development objectives- Methodology
Modules :
- Demand assessment
- Municipal Fiscal status- Investment needs
- Stake holder consultation
Modules :
- Strategic plan
- Capital InvestmentNeed(CIN)
-Priority Asset management
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2TOWN PROFILE, PHYSICAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT
2.1 REGIONAL SETTING
Vellakoil, a Grade III Municipality in Tiruppur district is located at a distance of 48 km, east of
Coimbatore and 60km, south of Erode town. The area of the town is 64.75 sq.km and the
population is 34,438 as per census 2001. The latitude and longitude of this town are 83641N
and 783 30E respectively. It is well connected by road to the surrounding urban centres.
Vellakoil municipality is a prominent commercial center for oil and vanaspathy. The regional
setting of the town and the town map is shown in Map 2.1 and 2.2.
2.2 PHYSICAL FEATURES
Vellakoil is situated on Coimbatore Thiruchirapalli NH-67. The major arterials from the town are
the Thiruchirapalli Coimbatore road running west to east, Erode Tharapuram road & Moolanurroad. The general gradient of the town slopes from North to South. The major soil found in this
region is Black soil. The ground water table varies from 50m to 200m.
2.3 CLIMATE AND RAINFALL
The town and the surrounding region have a sub- tropical climate with temperatures varying from
28 to 36C. Rainfall is intermittent, irregular and usually heavy during the southwest monsoon. The
average annual rainfall ranges between 700-800 mm.
2.4 HISTORY OF THE MUNICIPALITY
Vellakoil was constituted as village panchayat during 1938 , upgraded to town panchayat in 1977
and as Third Grade municipality in 2004. There are 21 wards in the Municipality.
2.5 DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES
2.5.1 Population and its Growth
Vellakoil population has grown in the past decade. As per the 2001 census, the town registered a
population of 34438. The population growth rate of the town is19.3% during the period 1991-
2001.
Table 2.1 Population and growth.
Source: Census of India.
Year Population of Vel lakoil Growth rate
1991 28,878 -
2001 34,438 19.3
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Map 2.1 Regional setting of the Town
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2.5.2 Population projection
Based on the growth rate for the past two decades, the future population of the town has been
projected using various methods and are tabulated as below:
1. Arithmetical Increase Method
2. Geometric Increase Method
3. Incremental Increase Method
4. Method of least square
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Table 2.2 Comparative statement of projected popu lation
Sl. no. MethodProjected Population for Vellakoil
2010 2025 2040
1 Arithmetical Increase 52208 72516 92823
2 Geometrical increase 51620 81873 112132
3 Incremental Increase 53348 94325 156681
4 Method of Least Squares 49605 67605 85605
Source: Analysis and calculations
After a detailed analysis and comparison of each method, Geometrical increase method is found
to be suitable and the population projections are based on the same. The details are given in
Annexure-2. Therefore, the projected population for Vellakoil town is:
1. Base year 2010 - 52,702
2. Intermediate year 2025 - 88,836
3. Ultimate year 2040 - 1,46,349
2.5.3 Sex ratio and literacy
The sex ratio in the town is 964 and the literacy rate is 75% higher than the national average of
59.5%.
2.6 OCCUPATIONAL PATTERN
The work force participation of the town is 19,737 in 2001.As per the census 2001; more than
80% of the work force is involved in the tertiary sector. The sector wise distribution of the work
force is depicted in the table below:
Table 2.3 Occupational Pattern, 2001
Category of WorkersTotal
% to
Population
% to Total work
forceTotal workers 19,737 57 -
Primary sector 1,526 4 8
Secondary sector 1,252 4 6
Tertiary sector 16,959 49 86
Non-workers 14,701 43 -
Source: Census of India 2001.
Fig: 2.1 Occupational pattern of Vellakoil -2001
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2.7 PHYSICAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT ISSUES
The existing developmental issues and future potential are addressed below:
The major arterials connecting the town to the surrounding urban centres are:
Coimbatore Thiruchirapalli National Highway
Erode Tharapuram road
Moolanur road
The Coimbatore Thiruchirapalli road is one of the major road, running west to east connecting thetown to major urban centres. The town has no railway connectivity. The nearest railway stations
are in Erode, Karur and Tiruppur. The nearest Airports are at Coimbatore (88km) & Trichy (117km)
The Major industrial activities in the town are hand loom and power loom, spinning mills, oil mills
and brick manufacturing. Vellakoil is one of the major marketing centers for sunflower oil.
Land use Pattern
The land use pattern for Vellakoil is followed by the major activity areas in the Town. Commercial
areas are mainly located along the major roads such as Erode road, Coimbatore Road, Trichy
Road are radiates out from the centre of the town where the bus stand is located.
The major developments are seen on the north along Erode road and on the west along
Coimbatore Road, south along Moolanur and Tharapuram Road and east along Karur and Trichy
road. More than 50 % of the land in the town constitutes undeveloped area comprising of lands
under agricultural, unused vacant lands and waste lands.
a. Residential
Residential development has almost spread over the entire municipal area. The density varies from
high to low from the centre of the town.
b. Commercial and Industrial
The main commercial areas are located along the major road network. Weekly Market is located
near the bus stand in about 3 acres of land. The oil extracting industries and power loom/handloom
industries are sporadically distributed in the town.
2.8 GROWTH MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND SOLUTION INITIATIVES
Need to strengthen Municipal Revenue base
Low levels of revenue generation of Municipality leading to poor service delivery. The
reforms to be under taken by the urban local body will be addressed in detail in the list of
Reform Agenda suggested in the CDP.
Need for guided development for a sustained economic growth
The town has vast land for future development. But at present the industrial developments
are sporadically distributed over the town. There is mixed land use in the town area causing
congestion and unsafe environmental conditions.
Thus, there is an immediate need for Master Plan and Detailed Development Plans forsustained economic growth and safe environment to live in.
Need for Railway connectivity
Discontinued Railway connectivity directly affecting the towns economy.
Need land for fu ture development
Inadequate municipal owned vacant land for implementing social, physical infrastructure
facilities and remunerative developments.
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3VISION AND STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
3.1 STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP AND VISION STATEMENT
The City Development Plan is a tool which adapts a participative approach in planning andimplementing projects involving users, elected councilors, line agencies, private organizations,
NGOs and CBOs. In this process, residents of various sections of the communities in the town were
enquired into at random during reconnaissance survey and visits to all the sites of the projects
identified by the Municipality and also otherwise suggested by the elders.
The broad purpose of public participation is to involve the stakeholders in the development plan for
the city. The Vision Statement has been firmed up based on the feed backs received from the stake
holders and expert survey of the municipal services for the perspective year of 2030.The analysis
and findings of the study are based on secondary data collected from respective departments and
during the course of the study, data gaps if any were supplemented through primary survey. Adetailed analysis to find out the existing status of each admissible sector, cross-referring the norms
and standards, demand and gaps based on present and future service requirements is done. A
SWOT analysis was done based on the data collected on the resources and consultation with the
stake holders in the following section. Accordingly, interventions are suggested.
3.2 SWOT ANALYSIS
Table 3.1 SWOT Analysis
STRENGTH WEAKNESS
Access to Erode, a major node for textile, leather &
agriculture, timber based industries
Crippling Environmental pollution to odais & agricultura
hinterlandGood connectivity with nearby Urban centres Absence of recreational facilities
Nh-67 bisecting the town Need to expedite infrastructure improvements
Perennial source of water from River Cauvery Inadequate social infrastructure facilities
High Urban literacy rate at 75% Extensive Municipal area Increased demand for
penetration of Municipal servicesFertile agricultural hinterland
Excellent industrial base of textile, bricks, agro
based timber & leatherAbsence of rail connectivity
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
Availability of land for future development Rising land and labour costs
Co-operative mindset of community. Increased Environmental regulations & falling margins
Access to Higher Educational Institutions Low skill, low technology manufacturing unitsOpposition to leather based industries /brick industries
Source: Feedback from stakeholders meeting and analysis.
3.3. VISION FOR VELLAKOIL TOWN
Vellakovil town is a major commercial centre for agro products and textiles. Based on the feed backs
from stakeholder workshops and analysis of the town the vision statement for the town of
VELLAKOIL is framed as
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An clean and green town; economically sel f sustain ing, wi th access to phys ical and socia
infrastructure.
3.4 STRATEGIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
The district has high concentration of power loom & handloom weaving, textile processing units, rice
milling, edible oil expelling units, paper products and basic metal products industries etc.
1. Benefit from the proximity to Erode and Tiruppur to generate further employment
opportuni ties and economic development.
Vellakoil is strategically located between Erode and Tiruppur, on the National Highway to Trichy
.Thus there is a scope for further development of knitwear and readymade garments, especially for
export oriented units. Provision of marketing centers, adequate housing, basic infrastructure
facilities, medical, educational and recreational facilities would enhance overall growth of the town.
2. Build on the industrial base to create further scope for development.
a. Establishment of industrial estates
b. Development of food processing industries
c. Establishment of industrial parks and SEZs
d. Guidance through research and training institutes
e. Implementing Development centers and schemes for industrial and socia
development
a. Establishment of industrial estates
There are 5 industrial estates in this district promoted by official agencies namely SIDCO
Industrial Estate- Erode, SIDCO Industrial Estate -Dharapuram, SIDCO Industrial Estate -Nanja
Uthukuli, TAHDCO Industrial Estate -Perundurai, Perundurai Industrial Estate.The proposed
Industrial estates in the region are SIDCO Industrial Estate -Rasathivalasu, SIDCO Industria
Estate Vadamugam -Kangayampalayam, SIDCO Industrial Estate -Chennimalai.
As the SIPCOT Industrial Growth centre is at Perundurai providing all the necessary
infrastructure facilities. There is a good scope for setting up industries like Textile Processing,
Leather, Chemical, Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Industries.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs gave its approval to the implementation of the
Comprehensive Power loom Cluster Development Scheme at Erode (Tamil Nadu) as a Centra
Sector Plan Scheme with a budget provision of Rs.70 crore. The implementation of the Scheme
will benefit the weavers in developing / diversifying new designs and products, their skill up-
gradation, up-gradation of their looms, providing a suitable workplace, market support etc. to
improve their earnings and socio-economic conditions.
b. Development of Food Processing Industries
There is ample scope for development of Food Processing Industries in the district. Availability of
technology and training is a problem for the aspiring entrepreneurs. Hence there is need for
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Food Technology & Training centre under the guidance of CFTRI, Mysore, in this district is
recommended by the Industrial Potential Survey Report- Erode 2001 2002.
c. Establishment of Industrial parks and SEZs
Establishment of Garment Park in the region will support the industrial activity as Tiruppur is near
to the town. Establishing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) for textile and agro products in the
region will enhance the economy of the region.
d. Implementing Development centers and schemes for industrial and socia
development
To develop handloom sector both Central & State Government are implementing various
schemes through the office of the Assistant Director (Handloom & Textiles) at Erode. The
schemes are
Handloom Development Centre
Project Package Scheme
Help Package Scheme
Housing scheme for weavers
Export Package scheme
To increase the productivity of power loom, the Government has introduced the Technology
Upgratation Fund Scheme (TUFS) for undertaking modernization of textile industry. Utilisation of
this fund will meet the requirement of power loom textile industry. By implementing export
package scheme and help package schemes, the edible oil units may be further encouraged in
production and marketing.
3.5 URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Infrastructure provision is perceived to have a significant impact on health, reducing incidence of
illnesses which are related to an unhygienic living environment. Thus, infrastructure plays an
inevitable role in the economic development and social well being of the town.
3.5.1 Sector wise Vision
The sector wise vision for the key infrastructure services are as given in the table below:
Table 3.2 Sector wise vision for the key Infrastructure
S.n Sector Vision statement
1 Water Supply To check wastage and pilferage of water
To generzate more revenue for efficient operation & maintenance of
system and to supplement the capital works, in order to render the deliv
of the service self sustaining over a period of time.
2 Sewerage and
sanitation
To provide coverage of the sewerage facilities or LCS measures for s
areas.
To maintain high level of environmental hygiene generally in the town
particularly the cleanliness of the water bodies
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3 Storm water drainage
and improvement to
water bodies
To improve condition of storm water drains to handle run off water
prevent water stagnation.
Rejuvenate water bodies and improve recharge of ground water.
To provide Rain Water Harvesting to improve the quality and quantity
Ground water.
4 Solid Waste
management
To provide a litter free town for the healthy living of the public.
To minimize the O&M expenditure of SWM To involve private organizations to the extent possible
5 Roads and Streets To provide safe, comfortable and speedy circulation network for
residents and traffic
To relieve congestion by adopting a traffic management plan
To channelise by-passable traffic through arteries outside the town limit.
6 Street lighting To provide sufficient illumination to the town, for safety of the people an
adequately cope with the requirements of traffic.
To optimize the use of electricity by adapting energy efficient technology
7 Educational
Institutions
To Provide comfortable conducive physical infrastructure and so
environment for the learning process
8 Medicare To make quality preventive and curative care available accessible to the Public.
To support people for healthy living and environment.
3.6 PERFORMANCE AND DEMAND ASSESSMENT
To assess the indicators of performance in each sector of infrastructure, the existing levels of key
Municipal services is benchmarked against their norms and standards to arrive at performance
assessment index .The norms and standards are based on SFC recommendation, Planning
Commission recommendation, UDPFI guidelines, CPHEEO manual, best practices etc.
The demand assessment for projects is arrived from the Stake holder consultative meetings
discussions with officials, field visits and service analysis. The improvement needs proposed arebased on the demand and performance assessments with reference to short term and long term
proposals for each sector.
The Performance assessment index for the existing status against the norms and standards for
water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste, street lighting and social facilities are illustrated in
the table below:
Table: 3.3 Performance Indicators for key Municipal Services
Sl
No
Service Indicators Unit Normative
Standard
Current
Status
Performance of Key Water Supply Service Indicators
1 Daily per capita supply lpcd 135 70
2 Roads covered with distribution network Percent >100 96
3 Storage Capacity with respect to supply Percent 33 45
4 Property tax assessments covered by service connections Percent 85 27
5 Proportion of non domestic service connections Percent >5.00 2.5
Performance of Key Sewerage and Sanitation Service Indicators
6 Roads covered by UGD network Percent 100 -
7 Sewage contribution lpcd 100 -
9 Assessment having access to UGD facility Percent 85 -
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10 Population covered by UGD Percent 85 -
Performance of Key Storm water Drainage Service Indicators
11 Road length covered with storm water drainage Percent 130 11
Performance of Key Solid Waste Management Service Indicators
12 Estimated waste generation Grams /
capita/ day
400 300
13 Waste collected as per the estimate of ULB (w.r.t. wastegeneration)
Percent 100 85
Performance of Key Road Service ind icators
14 Road density Km/sq.km 10-15 2.7
15 Per capita road length meters 1.75 3.5
16 Proportion of surfaced roads Percent 100 67
Performance of Key Street Lighting Service indicators
17 Spacing between lamp posts meters 30 87
18 Proportion of fluorescent lamps (tube lights) w.r.t. total fixtures Percent 80 89
19 Proportion of high power fixtures w.r.t. total fixtures Percent 20 11
Performance of Key indicators for Slums
20 Proportion of slum population to total city population Percent 100% to road length km 77.43 85.99 122.81 168.20
Under Ground Sewerage System
Network coverage @ 100% to road length km 77.43 85.99 122.81 168.20
Storm Water Drains
Requirement @ 130% to road length km 101 112 160 219
Solid Waste Management
Waste generation at 300 gms TPD 15.49 17.20 28.66 39.25
Compost yard area requirement @ 1 acre per 10000 pop Acres 5 6 8 11
Roads
Road requirement with benchmark @ 1.5 to 2 m per capita
road length km 77.43 85.99 122.81 168.20
Street Lights
Requirement @ 30 m gap between street lights Nos 2581 2866 4094 5607
Parks and Open spaces
Requirement @1.0 to 1.2 hectare per 1000 population Acres 127.5 141.59 202.23 276.97
Community Hall and Library
Requirement @ 1 per 15000 population (2000 sq.m) Nos 3 4 5 7
Source: Analysis and calculations
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The chapters that follow propose projects needed to ensure efficient delivery of the services.
3.7 STRATEGIES FOR POVERTY REDUCTION AND SLUM UPGRADATION
Towards Building Successful Slum-Upgrading Strategies
Youth groups can be very effective.
Youth SHGs can be encouraged and made active participants in developmental activities.
Unlike Women SHGs, which are formed originally for social empowerment, Youth SHGs can
aim at both economic empowerment and social empowerment as the primary focus. The
focus can be on skill training for increasing their employability and promotion of economic
activities.
Group formation:
The SHGs can be formed with unemployed youth in the age group of 18 to 35 years. Each
group may comprise 10 to 20 members drawn from the below poverty line population.
Youth SHGs can be beneficial in the following ways
To engage the communities in development activities through a dialogue with the active
participation of the youth (men and women) with a sense of commitment and integrity
To equip the youth by building their skills, capacity and capability in managing
development, so that, they can help build the capacity of the citizens to manage the affairs of
the community on their own.
Infrastructure provision
Infrastructure provision brings indirect social and economic development, particularly for
women. Improved infrastructure reduces womens work burden and gives them more time,
increased space allows for more home-based economic activity, and lighting and better road
coverage increase mobility and security at night. Infrastructure provision is perceived to have
a significant impact on health, reducing incidence of illnesses which are related to an
unhygienic living environment.
Community halls are valuable for project work as well as for private and public socia
activities, however, halls are prone to capture and maintenance can be a problem. They can
also be used as location for health camps, balwadis (pre-schools), vocational training and
neighborhood committee meetings. They can be used by the community for a variety of
occasion such as religious ceremonies, marriages, political meetings etc. conflicts over use
and maintenance are common, and control over the hall give some individuals power in the
community.
Balwadis (pre-schools) and Schools
Both these institutions benefit poor and working families, especially working mothers. If
timings of balwadis are appropriate, then they have a positive effect on the lives of working
women, freeing them of childcare and giving more time to women to do paid as well as non-
paid work.
Medical facilities
Frequent illnesses and consequent break from work is a major factor that costs the time and
money of the low income group. The availability and accessibility to medical facilities as
necessary needs to be addressed as a priority issue.
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The organisational structure of the Vellakoil Municipality generally consists of administrative and
executive wings.
4.1 ELECTED BODY
The Municipal Council, the political wing of the Vellakoil Municipality consists of 21 elected
councilors. Each Councilor represents one electoral ward. The Councilors in turn elect the Chairman
as head of the Municipal Council.
Administ rat ive wing
The administrative wing gives overall guidance to the municipal functions through set of committees
Three committees have been formed namely, Appointment Committee, Contract Committee and
Taxation and Appeal committee consisting of the Chairman, the Municipal Commissioner and
elected Councilors as members. Appointment Committee is a statutory committee, and the
Chairman of the Municipality is also the Chairman of the committee. The Committee is responsible
for making appointments for posts which fall under the purview of the Appointing Committee.
Contract Committee is another statutory committee and quotation of works is finalized by the
Contract Committee. The Taxation Appeal Committee is responsible for hearing of appeals of the
tax items.
4.2 EXECUTIVE WING
The executive wing is responsible for the Municipal operations and maintenance. The Executive
Officer is the administrative head of the executive wing and is supported mainly by 5 department
heads in the Municipal operation and maintenance. The organization structure of the Municipality
comprises of 5 functional departments namely,
1. General Administration
2. Engineering and Water Supply Department
3. Accounts Department
4. Public Health Department, and
5. Town Planning Department
4.2.1 General Administ ration
Vellakoil Municipality is a Grade Three Municipality. The Manager is the head of Administration, next
to the Commissioner in the section of General Administration, and he is responsible for general
supervision and administration of the Office. All establishment matters are dealt by the GeneralAdministration Section.
Manager
Manager is the Head of General Section. His duty includes general supervision of the ministerial
staff, and maintenance of discipline in the office premises, ' and to sign receipts for all remittances
made in the Municipal Treasury to acknowledge registered tapals, Money orders etc on behalf of the
Commissioner. The Manager is the custodian of the cash collected by daily-checking of Chitta and
4ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
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Cash and Petty cash, payment advance etc, and for the administration report by way of Annual
Inspection of the office, checking of Personal Registers of all staff and subsidiary registers in respect
of all the sections. All papers are routed through the Manager to the commissioner except the
Engineering section and the Health section.
All matters relating, to the Establishment including public health, maintenance of Increment &
Punishment registers, maintenance of service registers, register of Probationers; maintenance oftemporary and permanent post sanction register, Pension & Gratuity for all Establishment Audit
Register, issue of Office order, common office order book, maintenance of stock file, maintenance of
personal register & audit objection register etc are looked up by the Manager.
4.2.2 Engineering Department
The Municipal Engineer is the over-all in-charge of Engineering Section. The Municipal Engineer is
controlling the Overseer, Work Inspector, and Road Mazdoor, Water works Superintendent,
Wiremen, Helper and Fitter working in the section. The Municipal Engineer looks after the
maintenance of roads, street lights, road laying, and construction of building, drainage, maintenance
of parks, head works and municipal vehicles. The other subordinate officers are assisting theEngineer to look after the above works.
4.2.3 Accounts Department
The Account Section is included in the General Section. The Accountant is the Head of the Wing
controlling financial matters. It involves preparation of Budget and looks after the Accrual based
Accounting System.
4.2.4 Public Health Department
Sanitary Officer is the overall in-charge of the Health Section. He looks after conservancy, sweeping
streets, maintenance of drainage, controlling of epidemic diseases, ensuring of license to D&Otrades, Birth and Death Registration and issuing of certificate to birth and death registration
Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Supervisor and Sanitary Workers are assisting the Sanitary Officer. The
Sanitary Officer is held responsible for the solid waste management. Pulse Polio Immunization
camps are conducted every year under the section.
4.2.5 Town Planning Department
Town Planning Officer/Inspector is over all in-charge of the section. He looks after the work of
preparation of Master Plan, Detailed Development Plan and maintains the land use registers as per
the approved zoning uses. He is also responsible for licensing of plan approved, booking of
unauthorized construction, approval of lay out plans with in the town limit, controlling and removingthe encroachment in the town. The Town Planning Inspector helps in planning the future
development of the town and allied works.
4.3 STAFF STRENGTH POSITION AND VACANCY POSITION
As of now, there is 136 vacancies in the 177 sanctioned strength of the Municipal office. The
vacancies are mostly under the Sanitation section.
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Table 4.1 Staff Strength
S.
No
Name of the
department
Sanctioned
strength
Working
strength
No. of post
Vacant
1 General Section 7 7 -
2 Engineering Section 9 8 1
3 Public Health Section 28 28 -
Total 44 43 1
Source: Vellakoil Municipality, 2008.
Fig 4.1 Status of Municipal Staff Strength
Fig 4.2 Organisational structure of Vellakoil Municipality
Vellakoil MUNICIPALITY
EX ECUTIVE BODY EL ECTE D BODY
Ex ecu tiv e Off icer Ch ai rm an
E ng i neer i ng
s t a f f
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A dm in ist ra tion
/Reven ue St aff
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ProjectA pp ro va ls
Wa terSu pp ly
Dra ins
Roa ds
Street l igh ts
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Drai nag e,
B i r th &
Dea th
Reg istrat ion
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Colle ctio n
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4.4 ISSUES IN HUMAN RESOURCE
Out of the Sanctioned posts of 44, in all sections of the Municipality, 1 post is vacant. Considering
the present and proposed quantum of work in the municipality, the vacant posts in Engineering
Section, Public Health Section need to be filled up expediously.
In view Privatization of Solid Waste Management and Maintenance of street lights through ESCO/
Private agency, implementation of proposed improvements in infrastructure, the various sections of
the municipality need to be strengthened with the following personnel:
Table 4.2 Additional Staff Required
S No Name of the Post Section No. of Personnel
1 Accounts officer General 1
2 Data Entry Operator General 1
3 Revenue Inspector General 1
4 Municipal Engineer Engineering 1
5 Supervisors Engineering 1
6 Overseers Engineering 1
7 Public health Engineer Public Health 1
8 Town Planning Officer Town Planning 1
Total 8
Source: Analysis and discussions with Municipal officials
Besides appointing the additional staff, the existing staff in the Administrative, Engineering, Public
Health, and Town Planning sections of the municipality needs to be given training in their respective
field periodically towards capacity building to take up new assignments.
4.5 ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT
As may be seen from various sections of the report particularly relating to service deliveries, there
are gaps of various sizes which result in a shortage in the delivery system. This could be over come
by certain specific options:
In most of the service sections of the Municipality, there are only a few vacancies which could be
filled up. A totally satisfactory system delivery of the services would require an efficient personne
management system.
The organization and delivery mechanism in some of the important personnel intensive
service sectors have to be modernized. To mention the important few relate to solid waste
management, where large number of workers and staff are involved, could be privatized.
Scientific solid waste management need to be assigned to NGOs, voluntary organizations or
even the respective resident associations in the various colonies. This is a remunerative
venture as is proved in many places.
Privatizing the repair and maintenance of water supply, collection of taxes and fees and
maintenance of public assets particularly sanitary and public health units is a well known
option. This also could be taken up as joint venture between urban local body and private
sector.
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5INFRASTRUCTURE STATUS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT
5.1 PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
5.1.1 WATER SUPPLY
i) Existing Status
a. Source and headworks:
Vellakoil municipality is provided with water supply from River Amaravathy and from the Muthur-
Kangeyam CWSS with River Cauvery as source. Since the flow in River Amaravathy is non-
perennial, water supply from this source is not dependable.
Indicators for Water supply
Population (Census 2001) 34,438
Present population 49,500
Total area of the town 64.75 sq.km
Total no. of wards 21
Source
Water supplied 30 Ll
Length of distribution system 168 km
Rate of supply 70 lpcd
Storage
No. of OHTs and total capacity 6 and 13.50 Ll
Frequency of supply Once in 4 days, for 3 hrs
Distribution
No. of open wells 56
No. of Hand pumps 136No. of power pumps 76
No. of public fountains 471
Total no. of service connections 4012
Domestic connections 3910
Commercial 57
Industrial 45
Muthur-Kangeyam Combined Water Supply Scheme
The Muthur-Kangeyam CWSS covers 994 rural habitations, 2 municipalities and 7 town
panchayats. The water requirement for Vellakoil municipality is being pumped from Metukadai
sump. The present level of supply from Amaravathi scheme and Muthur-Kangeyam CWSS is 0.5and 2.5 MLD respectively. Due to the rate of increase in population, the Muthur-Kangayam
CWSS is inadequate to meet the water demand.
Formulating a new scheme for additional requirement of Vellakoil municipality, Kangayam Town
Panchayat, omitted rural habitations and enhancing supply to 994 rural beneficiaries will cause
overlapping and duplication of pipeline for the entire project area. Hence it is proposed to de-link
Vellakoil Municipality and Kangayam Town Panchayat from the existing scheme and a separate
CWSS is prepared for Vellakoil municipality and Kangayam Town Panchayat.
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b. Service Reservoirs
There are totally 6 over head tanks in the town. The details of the Over head tanks are shown in
Table 5.1.
Table 5.1 Details o f OHTs
S.No Location of OHT Capacity (Lakh litres)
1 Salavaiyalar colony 1.00
2 Natesan nagar 4.00
3 Uppupalayam 3.50
4 Municipal office 2.00
5 Theethampalayam 1.50
6 Sivananthapuram 1.50
Total 13.50
Source: Vellakoil Municipality
c. Distribution system
The total length of the existing distribution system is 168 km against a total length of roads
174.50 km.
d. Water Tariff
The monthly tariff and deposits collected for water supply is as follows:
Table No. 5.2:Water Tariff-Deposit Details
Type of connection Deposit amount (in Rs) Flat rate /month (in Rs)
Domestic 3000.00 65.00
Commercial 6000.00 115.00
Industrial 6000.00 105.00
Source: Vellakoil Municipality
ii) Water Supply Demand
The population of the town is projected for the intermediate and ultimate years. The projected
water demand is given in table 5.3
Table 5.3 Demand & Supply in Water Supply - Projection
Year PopulationSupply in
MLD
Demand @ 135
lpcd
Gap in
MLD
Floating
population
Floating population
demand at 20 lpcd
2001 34438 3.0 4.65 1.65 - -
2010 51620 3.0 6.96 3.96 10000 0.20
2025 81873 3.0 11.05 8.05 13000 0.26
2040 112132 3.0 15.14 12.14 17000 0.34
Source: Municipal records, Analysis and calculation
The present floating population is taken as 10000. The annual increase of 2% is taken for
calculating the projection. The per capita supply of 20 lpcd is proposed for floating population.
The demand of water supply for the above period is calculated at 135 lpcd.
iii) Demand Assessment
The water supply improvement scheme has been prepared by TWAD Board which is awaiting
fund release from Government of India. The issues in water supply are identified and remedial
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measures have been suggested. The water supply demand calculated by the TWAD Board for
the intermediate population (2024) is 6.1 MLD and Ultimate year (2039) is 7.32 MLD.
The town is experiencing high population growth as the town has a high potential for industrial
growth. Therefore, the total demand of water supply calculated for intermediate period is 8.31
MLD and ultimate period is 12.48 MLD.
The present storage capacity of the service reservoirs is of 13.5 Ll. Therefore the storage
requirement will be 12.48/3 = 4.16 MLD < 1.35 MLD (existing). Hence, additional storage of 1.42ML is required for intermediate period and 2.81 ML, required for the ultimate period.
iv) Proposals
The source proposed for this project is River Cauvery near Kodumudi. The proposed head works
will be located just on the upstream of the existing headworks of Muthur-Kangeyam CWSS. It is
proposed to draw 6.11 MLD for the intermediate stage and 7.32 MLD for the ultimate stage for
Vellakoil alone.
The salient features of the proposal are the head works, pump sets, raw water pumping main,
treatment plant, clear water reservoir, clear water pump sets, pump house, Booster station,
Laying of distribution system (feeder mains only) for 23 km and Construction of 4 OHTs at
Melagoundanpalayam colony (1Ll), Muthur road (5Ll), Sivanathapuram (3 Ll) and Pudur road (2Ll). The per capita cost for this project is Rs.2926.00 and the cost per 1000 liters is Rs.8.05
(schedule of rates 2007-08 + 10% price escalation).
The installation cost of the water supply improvement scheme is Rs.1199.12 lakhs. The Annual
Maintenance cost is Rs.49.00 lakhs.
5.1.2 SEWERAGE
i) Existing Status
The town does not have an Under Ground Sewerage System. Disposal of the sewage is
normally by way of individual facilities and the sullage is through the open drains. The main mode
of individual disposal in the town is through septic tanks, low cost sanitation units and through
public / community toilets.
ii) Demand Assessment
In order to improve the sanitation in the town, Under Ground Sewerage System is necessary with
treatment facilities at terminal points.
iii) Proposals
The field survey for UGSS has been done by TWAD Board. Identification STP site is in progress.
The total estimated cost of the proposed Under Ground Sewerage System for Vellakoil
municipality is Rs.3300.00 lakhs. The Operation and Maintenance cost will be is Rs. 82.00lakhs.
5.1.3 STORM WATER DRAINS
i) Existing Status
Vellakoil municipality has provided open storm water drains for a length of 19 km. The total
length of the existing road length in the town is about 174.50 km. The percentage coverage of
storm water drains is about 11%.
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At present, storm water drains carry the sullage and rain water which is ultimately let into the
PAP channel (Parampikulam Aazhiyar Program) and Kurukampalayam Pirivu (proposed STP
site) without any treatment. This imposes health and environmental hazard to the natural water
system and needs to be addressed through a proper treatment and disposal facilities.
ii) Issues
The main issues persisting in the town due to the absence of a storm water drainage system aresummarized as follows:-
Open drains creating unhygienic conditions
Absence of Under Ground Drainage System in the town
Water stagnation in low lying areas during rainy season
iii) Demand Assessment
The residential areas of the town are provided with open drains. The town area is 64.75 sq.km
and about 75% of land are undeveloped, agricultural lands or barren lands. The storm water is
carried by the natural drain network in these areas emptying into the channels.
Absence of UGSS and storm water drains in the residential areas of the town are the major
causes of land and water pollution. This situation degrades the environment by emanation of foul
smell and unhealthy conditions due to stagnation at a number of points.
iv) Proposals
Proposals by consultants
To develop a Comprehensive Drainage Master Plan channelizing the runoff along the
natural contours so as to cover the entire town and implement in phases.
Measures to be taken to improve, upgrade and clean the existing natural and man made
storm water drains to the required functional level with the involvement of local
community to ensure sustainable operation
Provision of new drains in newly developing areas
Table 5.4Storm water Drains - proposals
S.No Description Capital Investment
in lakhs
1 Preparation of Comprehensive Drainage Master Plan 3.00
2 Provision of new drains including newly developing area (15 km) 240.00
3 Rejuvenation of entire existing drain network (19 km) 57.00
Total 300.00
Annual O & M 4.50
Source: Analysis and discussions with municipal officials
Therefore, the total investment required for the improvement of storm water drains (short term) is
Rs.300.00 lakhs. The rest of the road length will be covered in the long term plan.
5.1.4 IMPROVEMENT TO WATER BODIES
i) Existing Status
There is no water body in the town maintained by the municipality. The PAP channel is the
manmade channel maintained by the PWD.
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5.1.5 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
i) Existing status
Vellakoil Municipality generates 14 MT of solid waste. Out of 21 wards, 8 wards in the town are
privatized (SHG) for solid waste collection. The solid waste generated in the town is collected
and segregated at source and dumped in the compost yard (3.50 acres) at
Soriyankinathupalayam. An income of Rs.1000 per annum is generated through selling of thesegregated recyclable waste. The details on solid waste management are given below:
Total waste generation per day - 14 MT
Frequency of collection - daily
Collection efficiency - 85% (12 MT)
Collection points - 40
Push cart - 49
Tri cycle - 5
Tipper Lorries - 2
Tractor - 1
Power tillers - 2
ii) Issues
Absence of scientific waste management and disposal
Inadequate sanitary workers and supervisors of the 159 sanctioned sanitary workers,
only 24 workers are available.
The existing compost yard is not provided with adequate infrastructure facilities
Easy access and availability of open lands has led to negligent dumping and unsanitary
conditions.
iii) Demand Assessment
Currently, 14 MT of solid waste is generated with a per capita waste generation of 300 grams per
day. In future years assuming the per capita generation of solid waste in the town at 400 gm/day,
there will be corresponding addition of 30% to 40% in solid waste generation. Solid Waste
Management is one of the principal sectors of expenditure in Urban Local Bodies. Hence, there
is a need for scientific management of solid waste to cope with future demand.
Of the Municipal waste in Tamil Nadu, 40 - 60% of the waste is biodegradable. Of this, on
conversion, nearly 30% by weight forms the manure. Incidentally, the manure generated from
Municipal waste is found to be richer in NPK values compared to the one available in the market.
This has resulted in producing better yield of agricultural products both in quantity and quality.
iv) Proposals
The improvements proposed towards solid waste management are as follows.
Integrated Solid Waste Management is the application of suitable techniques, technologies and
management programs covering all types of solid wastes from all sources to achieve the twin
objectives of waste reduction and effective management of waste still produced after waste
reduction. Municipal solid waste management involves the application of Integrated Solid Waste
Management to Municipal waste.
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The activities associated with the management of municipal solid wastes from the point of
generation to final disposal can be grouped into the six functional elements:
a. Waste generation
b. Waste handling and sorting, storing
c. Collection
d. Sorting, processing and transformation
e. Transfer and transportf. Disposal
The inter-relationship between the functional elements is given in Fig 5.1
Fig 5.1 Functional Elements of a Municipal Solid Waste Management System
The objective of solid waste management is to reduce the quantity of solid waste disposed into
land by recovery of materials and energy form the waste. This in turn results in lesser
requirement of raw material and energy as inputs for technological processes.
1. The municipality must focus on revenue enhancement by privatizing of waste
management of the following components:
a. Primary collection
b. Transfer to collection pointsc. Transfer to compost yard
d. Segregation of waste and option of
i. Selling scraps/recyclable waste.
ii. Treatment of biodegradable waste
iii. Transfer to identified regional land fill sites
e. Compost yard management and sale of manure.
2. The management of biodegradable waste as a revenue generating activity may involve,
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production of manure from composting. Wind rows composting is an established
technology for dealing with bio degradable waste, which is the suggested option for this
Municipality. The necessary infrastructure is given in the proposals.
3. Conducting IEC campaigns to facilitate effective waste segregation at source and proper
disposal.
4. Implementing collection of conservancy fee for primary collection of waste and levy on
commercial and industrial establishments.5. Involvement of voluntary agencies, SHGs in the various components of solid waste
management on BOT, BOOT basis.
6. Need to organize the rag pickers into waste-management associations/groups under the
supervision of the urban local body and the relevant residents associations or market
associations.
The CDP proposals based on analysis, discussion with Municipal officials and norms is given in
the table below:
Table 5.5 Solid Waste management Proposals*
Sl.No Project details Cost in lakhs
1
Small vehicle with containers for door to door collection @ 160 litres capacity
(220 Nos) 25.00
2 Dumper placer vehicle (2 nos) 15.00
3 Purchase of land for additional Compost yard (2.50 acres) 250.00
4
Improvements for existing and new compost yard - with one side compound
wall, segregation sheds, internal roads and machineries for preparation of
compost 200.00
5 Proportionate cost for regional land fill site 300.00
6 IEC activities 10.00
Total 800.00
Annual Operation and Maintenance cost 6.25
Source: Analysis and calculations
Therefore, the total investment required for improvement in Solid Waste Management is
Rs.800.00.00 lakhs.
*-No rational decisions on municipal solid wastes system are possible until data of composition
and quantity of solid waste are available. The method and capacity of storage, the correct type of
collection vehicle, the optimum size of crew and the frequency of collection depend mainly on
volume and density of wastes. Climate also has some influence.
5.1.6 ROADS
i) Existing status
The major roads connecting the town to the surrounding urban centers are:
Coimbatore Thiruchirapalli National Highway
Erode Tharapuram road
Moolanur road
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The details of the municipal roads is given in table 5.6
Table 5.6 Category of roads
Category Length in km % to total length
National Highway 5.00 -
Municipal Roads
CC Roads 10.36 6
BT Roads 106.88 61
Earthen Road / WBM 57.26 33
Total Length of Municipal Roads 174.50 100
Source: Vellakoil Municipality
ii) Issues
33% of the total Municipal roads are earthen and WBM roads
Differential settlements and potholed surfaces on the existing BT roads
Encroachments on main roads
Unorganized parking along main roads
Absence of traffic management plan- with demarcated pedestrian corridors, medians,signals and traffic islands
iii) Demand Assessment
The circulation network forms basic network of the town to move, to interact, and interlink the
residentials, the work places, and other activity centers. A good road network is a necessity not
only for growth and development of habitats, but also to sustain it in a progressive mode. The
access roads in extension areas and the link roads, widening of major roads proposed in the
DDPs need to be provided.
iv) Proposals
The town has 33% earthen road which should be upgraded to BT surface. Apart from this, the
access roads in extension areas need to be covered. The projects proposed for the road
improvement in Vellakoil town is as follows.
Table 5.7 Road improvement - Proposals
S.no Particulars Rs.in lakhs
1 Upgradation of earthen road to BT (57 km) 1197.00
2 Restoration of existing BT roads (106 km) 636.00
3 Provision of medians (3km) 30.00
4 Improvements to road geometry provision of
medians, traffic islands, Signals, signages etc
30.00
5 Pedestrian platform along main roads 50.00
6 Widening of main roads and link roads 100.00
Total Rs.2043.00 lakhs
O&M 22.00
Source: Analysis and discussions with municipal officials
Therefore, the total investment required for the road improvement is Rs.2043.00 lakhs.
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5.1.7 BUS STAND
i) Existing Status
The town has a C class bus stand in an extent of 1 acre, within its limits maintained by the
municipality. About 250 buses per day arrive in this bus stand. The municipality bus stand
complex has 8 shops.
ii) Issues
The flooring is damaged with differential settlements
Inadequate waiting sheds for passengers.
Inadequate space for buses
Inadequate space for parking of two wheelers
Inadequate water and toilet facilities
iii) Proposals
In order to bring the bus stand to effective functioning, the cooperation from the private and
government bus operators, drivers and conductors and the public is necessary. The proposed
expansion of bus stand with basic facilities work is under progress.
5.1.8 BUS SHELTER
The 6 bus stops in the town are provided with bus shelters. The construction of bus shelter at Old
bus stand area for Rs.5.00 lakhs under MLA fund is in progress. New bus shelters (5 nos) are
proposed to be constructed at Erode road Arivoli Nagar stop, Trichy -Coimbatore main road
opp. to municipal office, Karattupalayam Pirivu, Madamedu piruvu (Mulanoor road),
Theethampalyam at a cost of Rs.10.00 lakhs.
It is also proposed to restore the existing bus shelters and provide space for information boards,
space for advertisement and hoardings in the bus shelters which will generate revenue for the
Municipality. The provision of bus shelters can be done with the help of NGOs and community
organisations, industries etc.
5.1.9 STREET LIGHTS
i) Existing status
The town is lit by 1986 street lights of which 89% of lights constitute tube light. About 40 number
of timer switches are provided covering all street lights to minimize the energy consumption. The
break-up details of the street lights in the town are as follows
Table 5.8 Exist ing st reet lights and energy consumption
S.No Existing Light details Numbers Percentage distribution Consumption in w
1 Tube lights (40w) 1777 89 97735
2 Sodium Vapour lamp (250w) 205 10 578103 High Mast lights 4 1 -
Total 1986 155545
Per hour consumption 155545 W or (excluding high mast)
155.545 kW/hr
No of timer switches required 60
Source: Municipal records, Analysis and calculations
Therefore, the present level of energy consumption of street l