The Times of India 23.04.2013
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation avoids using drinking water for gardens, saves 75k litres per day
PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad
Municipal Corporation has been using water from rivers, nullahs or
run-off water from treatment plants for most of its gardens. The civic
body has been able to save nearly 75,000 litres of drinking water every
day.
Speaking to TOI, superintendent (gardens) Dattatreya Gaikwad said the total area of all the municipal gardens in the city is 140 hectares. The corporation has been using water from borewells, rivers or nullahs to water around 95 per cent of its gardens.
In Wakad, the corporation uses water from the Mula river for gardening. Run-off water from water treatment plants is also being used to water the Durgadevi garden at Nigdi as well as the Swami Samarth, Gajanan Maharaj, Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram gardens. The water is also used to water the plants on the road dividers and those in a nursery in Pradhikaran.
Gaikwad said the civic body has proposed to lay a new water pipeline from the Chikhli sewage treatment plant to the Saikrishna and Shahu gardens. Earlier, the Shahu garden was supplied with drinking water by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), which has now been stopped. Water from borewells in the garden is inadequate to meet its needs. So the proposed pipeline will supply water to the garden from the Chikhli plant. The civic administration has tabled a proposal before the standing committee for laying the pipeline with a length of 3km. The work is expected to be completed by August once the proposal is approved.
Speaking to TOI, superintendent (gardens) Dattatreya Gaikwad said the total area of all the municipal gardens in the city is 140 hectares. The corporation has been using water from borewells, rivers or nullahs to water around 95 per cent of its gardens.
In Wakad, the corporation uses water from the Mula river for gardening. Run-off water from water treatment plants is also being used to water the Durgadevi garden at Nigdi as well as the Swami Samarth, Gajanan Maharaj, Sant Dnyaneshwar and Sant Tukaram gardens. The water is also used to water the plants on the road dividers and those in a nursery in Pradhikaran.
Gaikwad said the civic body has proposed to lay a new water pipeline from the Chikhli sewage treatment plant to the Saikrishna and Shahu gardens. Earlier, the Shahu garden was supplied with drinking water by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), which has now been stopped. Water from borewells in the garden is inadequate to meet its needs. So the proposed pipeline will supply water to the garden from the Chikhli plant. The civic administration has tabled a proposal before the standing committee for laying the pipeline with a length of 3km. The work is expected to be completed by August once the proposal is approved.
