The Hindu 28.06.2013
Machilipatnam to get Rs.42-crore drinking water project
‘The project will address the water woes for the next 30 years’
Machilipatnam Municipal authorities have submitted
Rs.42-crore mega drinking water project proposal to the Public Health
Engineering Department in Hyderabad.
The existing
drinking water supply schemes cannot meet the increasing water
requirement for the above 2-lakh population; hence Chief Minister N.
Kiran Kumar Reddy had sanctioning the project.
The
estimations and construction plan for the water project was submitted to
the Government in May. “Government is likely to clear the project in a
few months as it is one of the Chief Minister’s assurances to Krishna
District,” said Machilipatnam Municipal Commissioner S. Siva Rama
Krishna.
The project is aimed at diverting water from
Krishna Canal to Machilipatnam through underground pipeline system.
Apart from existing nine drinking water storage reservoirs under the
municipal limits, it has been planned to construct nine more reservoirs
under the project.
“Despite there being no credible
estimations on the requirement of the water in the municipality in
coming years, the Rs.42-crore project will address the water woes for
the next 30 years,” said Mr. Siva Rama Krishna. However, currently the
urban dwellers are managing with insufficient supply of drinking water
on a regular basis.
The municipal authorities pin
hopes on getting clearance for the project in the current financial year
start the works soon. The project will allow supply of purified
drinking water and possibly 24×7 in summer months too.
