Indian Express 11.11.2009
Manimajra to get 12-hr water supply
Earlier, residents were getting six-hour tubewell supply of three hours each in morning and evening
The residents of Manimajra have a reason to cheer. To help tide over water crisis in this part of the city, the canal water scheme was inaugurated by Mayor Kamlesh at the Modern Housing Complex water works in Manimajra on Tuesday.With the new scheme in place, the residents of Manimajtra will get 12-hour uninterrupted water supply.
Earlier, the residents were getting six-hour tubewell supply with three hours each in morning and evening. With a large number of tubewells in the area becoming defunct, there was a shortage of water during the summer.
Speaking on the occasion, Mayor Kamlesh said potable water was a long-pending demand of the residents of the area. “Owing to the collective efforts of the public and the Municipal Corporation, we have been able to complete the project,”she said
This scheme, which was planned in three phases, will supply 5 million gallons per day (MGD) water to Manimajra.
In October 2006, Rs 561.52 lakh was approved to lay a pipeline from the Sector-26 Grain Market chowk to water works-I in Manimajra. This included Rs 97.13 lakh paid to the Railways to lay a pipeline under a rail track.
Chief Engineer S K Bansal said the work was allotted in August 2007 and the work in the jurisdiction of the MC was completed in June 2008. “But the Railways took about a year to execute the work under the railway track,” he said.
Area councillor Gurcharan Dass Kalaa, meanwhile, said, “The residents had suffered a lot during summer. The scheme will bring much-needed relief to the residents.”
Councillors Sunita Chaudhary and Manjit Chauhan along with Assistant Commissioner Kamlesh Kumar, Chief Engineer S K Bansal, former Mayor Surinder Singh and other officers were also present on the occasion.
