The Hindu          08.03.2011

GVMC gears up to meet water crisis

Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation has taken some initiatives to meet the likely drinking water crisis in the city during coming summer season and has ensured that current levels of supply was maintained.

The Water Supply Department has prepared a Rs.5.54-crore contingency action plan for meet the need, which includes augmenting 24 additional tankers to supply in the colonies on hill slopes and outskirts that were not covered under piped water supply. This initiative would be taken up with an investment of Rs.167.52 lakh, buying three motors with Rs.20 lakh, purchase of other equipment with Rs.61 lakh.

Network of pipelines would be increased investing Rs.18.54 lakh, new sluice valves acquired with Rs.26.70 lakh and another 53 works would be taken up with Rs.380.91 lakh.

Some of the recent measures included include getting the repairs on Yeleru Reservoir, 150 k.m. pipeline of Visakha Industrial Water Supply Company (VISCO) with an investment of Rs.8.5 crore out of which Rs.4 crore borne by the GVMC. Another Rs.1.5 crore was spent on repair and operating the 60-km. Raiwada pipeline, which would bring 9 MGD and due the first initiative 14 MGD. In addition to these another 4 MGD would be received soon owing to repairs taken up on Thatipudi pipeline.

Borewells

Hand bores in 50 new localities would be established in Visakhapatnam East constituency spending Rs.34.95 lakh, two additional sources created with an investment of Rs.4.60 lakh. Network of pipeline would be expanded in Visakha – West with an investment of Rs.6.94 lakh, hand bores drilled spending Rs.15.60 lakh in 24 localities.

Similar works would be taken up in all the constituencies from April first week once the tendering process was completed.

On Monday the GVMC received 25 complaints at the Grievance Day.