Thick alluvial deposits of soft clayey soils are characterized by low shear strength, high compressibility and low hydraulic conductivity. In recent years, soil improvement is required to provide adequate bearing capacity and improve shear strength of the soft cohesive soils to satisfy the need for various type of construction on sites underlain by such soft soils. Amongst various ground improvement techniques like vibroflotation, compaction with explosive, electro-osmosis, heavy tamping, stone column etc., the technique of preloading or pre-compression used in combination with vertical drains is one of the oldest and most widely used techniques to preconsolidate and strengthen weak compressible soils in situ. To accelerate the time of Primary consolidation, Prefabricated Vertical drains are used in soft clays as they decrease the drainage path. In this paper, we investigate the consolidation rate of soft soil with Sand drain and jute wrapped with polyamide polyester drain as PVD. The present paper focuses on Study of pore water dissipation, effect on consolidation due to radial drainage flow and gain in strength using 254 mm diameter Rowe Type Oedometer for both the drain materials. The load in increment of ΔP/P = 1 is applied and measurement of settlement by conventional method is done. It is observed that Jute wrapped with polyamide polyester drain as PVD performs better in comparison to Sand Drain.