Chandigarh, Nov. 15 -- In a push to modernise the city's ageing sewerage infrastructure without digging up roads, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Saturday launched a Rs.9-crore project to revamp the 56-inch main sewer line in Sectors 45 and 46 using advanced cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) technology.

This will also do away with the traffic chaos caused by dug up roads. The original pipeline was laid in 1970.

The project was inaugurated by children of the ward (number 34) on the occasion of Children's Day, commemorating the birth anniversary of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Member of Parliament Manish Tewari attended the event as the special guest, while ward councillor Gurpreet Singh Gabi initiated the project.

Gabi said in view o...