The Times of India 28.08.2009
Pay Rs 15cr for Narmada water: SSNNL to VMC
VADODARA: In what could have far reaching effects on the much ambitious water supply plans to Vadodara city, Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) has asked Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) to pay up Rs 15 crore as security deposit and Rs 50,000 towards processing fees for the supply of 75 MLD water on a daily basis.
VMC had prepared the project to supply this water from Narmada canal near Sherkhi to western parts of the city under Central government's JnNURM scheme. City municipal commissioner Manoj Das had written in this regard to SSNNL asking for daily supply of 75 MLD of water. This is a part of an ambitious Rs 110 crore plan to fulfill the water requirements of city in future under JnNURM scheme.
It was in a reply to this that executive engineer of Jambusar division, Narmada Project Canal Division-14, wrote back to VMC asking it to pay up the security deposit money and processing amount. "Once this amount is paid up and a project planning is done in detail, SSNNL will think on the demand of supplying water to Vadodara city.
Commenting on this development, Das said, "This is a very normal procedure and as per government rules, anyone who seeks water from Narmada will have to pay up the security deposit as per the amount of water they desire. We will also follow the practice and once we get the water from Narmada canal, it will be stored at Khanpur in western part of Vadodara and some quantity will also go to Ajwa lake. From these two, Narmada water will be supplied to the parts of the city."
