The Hindu 25.07.2009
Rs. 250 cr. allocated for Godavari water project
HYDERABAD: Keeping the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections in mind, the State government has taken enough care to allocate the much-needed funds for its projects to provide drinking water to the Twin Cities.
Finance Minister K. Rosaiah in the budget presented on Friday, announced that the Rs. 250 crore had been allocated for taking up the first phase of Maulana Abul Kalam Hyderabad Sujala Sravanthi scheme to draw water from Godavari in three phases for Greater Hyderabad. In fact, the cost of phase – I of the project is Rs. 3,375 crore.
He also announced allocation of Rs. 37 crore to improve the quality of water supply in slum areas particularly the Twin Cities.
Mr. Rosaiah stated that a major initiative of the government was to make Hyderabad a World Class city.
Rapid urbanisation
Towards achieving this goal, it was expediting the construction of 158 km long Outer Ring Road as eight lane Access Controlled Expressway with an estimated cot of Rs. 4,607 crore.
He noted that the State was witnessing rapid urbanisation in the last two decades and the State government had taken proactive steps to access funds under the various flagship programmes of the Centre such as Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). He said special emphasis was being laid on water supply, sewerage, transport, integrated development of slums including housing infrastructure projects and solid waste management.
