The Hindu 05.12.2013
Illegal water connections to be regularised
The government has approved the drive for regularisation
of illegal water connections and simplification of procedure for new
connections for 15 mm size pipes. Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy,
who chaired the meeting of the Water Board here on Wednesday, discussed
various issues, projects and finances with the officials and approved
the projects taken by the Board.
Mr. Reddy suggested a
combined meeting of the GHMC, Water Board and other departments to
improve the financial position of the Board.
Water
Board managing director J. Saymala Rao explained the comfortable
position of reservoirs and said presently 340 mgd water was being
supplied in the city. The pending requests from outside GHMC area is
105.60 mgd.
The phase I of Godavari Drinking Water Supply Project would be completed by March 2014.
Of the total pipeline length of 186 km, so far 148 km was laid and the balance work was in progress.
The master balancing reservoir work would be commenced in a week and completed by December next.
However,
alternate arrangement of small balancing reservoir was planned and it
would be completed by June 2014, officials informed.
They
further informed that phase III of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply
project was progressing briskly and was likely to be completed by June
2014.
The Rs. 338.54 crore project for improvement of
water supply to Malkajgiri municipality had been submitted to the World
Bank and it was in the process of being cleared .
Similarly,
proposals were submitted for JICA loan assistance of Rs. 1,041 crore to
augment water supply and take up major infrastructure works in Alwal,
Quthbullapur and Uppal municipal circles, it was informed.
The
government directed the Water Board to take up head works component
from the Sunkishala source of Nagarjunasagar to ensure stabilised supply
for all the three phases of Krishna project.
