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185Litter bins – 10 litres capacity = 35;Pedal tricycle = 17 (9 pedal tricycles for house to house collection+6 pedaltricycles for street sweeping+2 pedal tricycles as standby);Primary transfer stations = 6 (area will be divided in 6 segments);Tractors = 2 (including 1 as standby);Tractor containers = 10 (6 trailors for 6 zones, 2 for 2 tractors and 2 asstandby)226. As there no space available for treatment of solid waste at Sankarpur, the entireseggregated waste will be transported to the Digha facilities for treatment and disposal.Cost227. The estimated work components are as follows:1. Sanitary landfill area development at Digha2. Vermi-composting sheds at Digha3. Office building for vermin-composting sheds at Digha4. Concrete yard for wind row at Digha5. Tubewell6. Internal surface drains and site development works7. Internal roads8. Primary and secondary collection equipment for Digha and Sankar pur separatelyTotal estimated cost of implementation is Rs 922.50 lakhs.Component B.4 - Development of Drainage System at Digha228. Absence of a properly implemented drainage system is causing adverse effect on thehygienic condition in the town of Digha. The drains are too few and were constructed mainlyto flush out excess water during high tides. More importantly, the drains also are carryingsullage water and the polluted water is discharged into the sea causing appreciabledeterioration in the quality of sea water. It is a fact that the area lying near the sea coast ismainly of silty sand allowing high rate of percolation of surface run off to ground for whichwidespread water logging is not in evidence in the area till now, yet with the town gettingmore populated day by day, incidence of tourists‟ visit looking up along with hotels andinstitutional buildings getting concentrated in localized area, the need for commissioning anengineered drainage system has been badly felt to discharge the water efficiently into the seawithout causing any harmful effect on the environment. Such a drainage system will excludeany chance of water logging and at the same time will offer a clean and pleasant look for thetown. Open surface drains, to be built with brick masonry, have been designed and planned