The Hindu 08.10.2013
Centre clears Rs. 42-cr. drinking water project for Bantwal
The Union government has approved a Rs. 42-crore
drinking water supply project to Bantwal Town Municipality under the
Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns,
according to a top official.
The project will
increase water supply to the town threefold: from the present 4.5
million litres per day to 13.1 million litres per day, said L.N. Anand,
Executive Engineer, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board
(KUWSDB), Mangalore Division.
A prominent feature of
the scheme, launched by the Union Ministry of Urban Development in
2005-06, was that the local body would have to share only 10 per cent of
the total project cost with the Centre bearing 80 per cent and the
State government 10 per cent.
He said that the
project, approved by the Union government this August, had been designed
for a population of 80,000. According to the 2011 census, Bantwal Town
Municipality, comprising 21 wards, had 40,155 people.
Mr.
Anand said that water would be lifted from the Nethravati by
constructing a jack well near Jakribettu and a treatment plant would be
built at Jakribettu.
The pump house would be constructed near Kamaje Cross.
There
would be five water tanks at Loret Padavu, Kursu Gudde, Mairan Pade,
Uppu Gudde and Shanthi Gudde. It would require six acres of land which
was yet to be handed over to the KUWSDB. The land required included both
private and government land.
The authorities of Bantwal Town Municipality have been requested to hand over the land.
They could either acquire the private land or purchase it for the project.
The
board would take up the project only after getting the required land.
It was also awaiting a formal approval from the State government.
