Water project work in final stage of completion: Minister

Water project work in final stage of completion: MinisterWednesday
Newindpress.com

December 7 2005 08:44 IST
DHARWAD: Minister for Municipal Administration and District In-charge S R Morey has said that the State government had prepared an action plan worth Rs 303 crore for supplying drinking water to Hubli-Dharwad and out of which works worth Rs 108 crore were in final stage of completion.

Speaking to reporters after reviewing the undergoing works at Amminabhavi Water Treatment Plant, here on Tuesday, he said that this work was undertaken as part of Urban Water Zone Development Project with the assistance of World Bank to supply drinking water to twin cities.

The work (worth Rs 31.83 crore) of laying 1,168 mm direct pipeline from Amminabhavi to Nrupathunga Hills was under progress and it is being expected to be completed by October 2006, he said.

He said that Quick Fix Measures were undertaken by Water Board to stop the leakage and improve the water supply system at a cost of Rs 6 crore and was expected to be completed by June next.

He said Water Board had sent a proposal to the Government to improve the workability of main pipelines at an estimated cost of Rs 7.74 crore including the construction of two reservoirs of 10-lakh litre storage capacity and one of 20-lakh litre capacity in Dharwad for smooth supply of water to city.

Besides, four upper level reservoirs of 15 lakh litre capacity and four ground level reservoirs of 25 lakh litre would be constructed for supplying water to Hubli city, he added.

He said once the project was completed, there would be a separate system for supplying drinking water to Hubli and Dharwad and each citizen would get 135 litres of water daily by 2031.

It would save electricity bill of about Rs 2.5 crore per year besides curtailing 20 per cent of water leakage during supply, he added. He disclosed that water bill collection of twin cities was around Rs 1 crore a month and efforts were on to increase the revenue.

Srinivas Reddy, Managing Director of Water Board, Hanumanthappa Betageri, Mayor, Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, Ravindra Bhat, Chief Engineer of Water Board were present.

“It will save electricity bill of about Rs 2.5 crore per year.”