GVMC is now taking up linking 30,000 more households under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

The
project to provide 30,000 UGD connections under AMRUT, partly funded by
the Union government, will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 30
crore. The technical and financial bids have been approved and the award
of work now awaits the nod of the State-level committee.

Presently
of the estimated 4.5 lakh households, about 1 lakh are covered under
underground drainage network with the three STPs functioning- the 38 MLD
capacity STP in One Town, the 25 MLD STP at Appu Ghar and the 13 MLD
Mudasarlova STP. However, their total capacity is not being utilised.

All
the new connections will be linked to the 108 MLD Narava Sewage
Treatment Plant (STP) constructed under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban
Renewal Mission, sources say. “The Narava STP is presently under trial
run and linking the 30,000 UGD connections will make it functional,”
Municipal Commissioner M. Hari Narayanan told
The Hindu
.

The UGD connections have been proposed under the AMRUT, partly
sponsored by the Union government, for 2016-17. Manholes, UGD network
and STP were completed under the earlier Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme spending about Rs. 250 crore. The
central part of the city was brought under UGD coverage in the JNNURM.

Several
parts of the city including Gajuwaka, Malkapuram, Madhurawada and
Pendurti are yet to be brought under UGD network. Under AMRUT, proposals
worth Rs. 154 crore have been made for the first year and sanctioned.
Apart from providing household connections, water supply distribution
providing tap connections is proposed for the first year. GVMC has to
foot 47 % of the cost proposed for the project as its population is
above 10 lakh. The Union government provides 33.33 per cent and 20 % by
the State government.