The Indian Express 06.12.2013
PMC set to launch water dept projects approved by Centre
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) administration is all set to
launch the water supply department’s projects that were recently
approved by the Union government under JNNURM, and has acquired 90 per
cent of the land required for them.
“The work of three projects of laying pipeline to draw water from
Bhama Askhed Dam, and water treatment plants at Parvati and Vadgaon
Budhruk will start soon, as the administrative process is complete,”
said Additional Municipal Commissioner Abhishek Krishna.
He added that there was no issue related to acquisition of land
for the water treatment plant at Swargate as the land was already in
possession of the PMC, while the private land owner at Vadgaon Budhruk
had given consent to the PMC to start water treatment project work
instead of waiting for the completion of acquisition of land. “The
project to draw water from Bhama Askhed Dam requires huge acres of land.
Around 90 per cent of the required land has been acquired for the
project and the remaining acquisition will be done in the next few
days,” Krishna said, adding that the work would start in a few months.
To increase the water supply capacity of the PMC, the Union
government in July approved of the implementation of a Rs 380-crore
project to draw water from Bhama Askhed Dam and a Rs 118-crore project
to expand the work at Vadgaon Budhruk and Swargate.
The project has been planned to meet the water supply needs of
the eastern part of the city, including Nagar Road, Yerawada, Kharadi,
Lohegaon and Vadgaonsheri areas.
The PMC will construct a water purification plant of 250 MLD at
Vadgaon Budhruk, which will cater to the water demands of fringe areas
on Sinhagad Road, Satara Road and Solapur Road. The water supply
capacity of Parvati Water Works will be increased by 500 MLD at an
estimated cost of Rs 198 crore.
The additional municipal commissioner said most of the projects in phase
one of JNNURM had been completed and the remaining would be completed
next year. The BRTS on Nagar and Alandi road will also start soon.
