The Hindu 24.05.2010
Raichur CMC to take up projects worth Rs. 80 cr.
Staff Correspondent
| Work will be launched in the first week of June |
Rs.13-crore proposal to augment drinking water supply finalised
Work to be taken up in five phases
Raichur: The Raichur City Municipal Council has finalised an estimate of Rs. 80 crore, including Rs. 43 crore assistance from the Asian Development Bank, to take up various development works in the city. Work will be launched in the first week of June.
Addressing a press conference her on Sunday, A. Mareppa, president of the CMC said that the CMC had finalised several proposals such as the augmentation of drinking water, underground drainage works, construction of service and overhead tanks and construction of a new administrative building of the city municipality. He said that the CMC had accorded given top priority to augmenting drinking water supply and that a proposal for Rs.13 crore had been finalised.
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had been invited to launch work on the project which would be implemented in five phases. It had been proposed to fix meters to the water supply lines, in particular localities of the city, in the first phase.
In the second phase, the existing booster pump will be repaired. Pipelines will be laid on the stretch from the booster pump area to the Station Road.
In the third phase, it has been proposed to take up the construction of overhead tanks at Nijalingappa Colony, Satyanatha Colony and Krishnadeveraya Colony in the city. In the fourth phase, construction of service reservoirs will be taken up at Vidyanagar Locality and Satyanatha Colony. In the fifth phase, water supply pipelines would be laid wherever necessary, he said.
