Indian Express 13.01.2010
Mohali waterworks gets hotline power supply
The main waterworks in Sector 57 has been connected with hotline power supply. With this, the water treatment plant which treats and pumps the canal water before being supplied to different parts of the city be rid of the long and frequent unscheduled power cuts.
The Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) provided the hotline power connection to the waterworks after the Water Supply and Sanitation department deposited the requisite amount of around Rs 3 lakh.
The department had applied for the hotline power supply connection to the waterworks in 2007 when the PSEB had sought deposit of Rs 1.99 lakh. The payment was finally made in June last year when the estimate for the project rose to Rs 3 lakh.
Giving this information here today, District Planning Committee Chairman N K Sharma said the waterworks would now be able to run its operations uninterruptedly and hence the potable water supply to the areas fed from it would not be disrupted even during the power breakdown.
Besides supplying water to Sector 63, 64, 65, 70 and 71, the waterworks, which treats 5 MGD canal water before being supplied, boosts the water supply to Phases I to VII. Punjab Urban Planning and Urban Development Authority (PUDA) had constructed the waterworks in 2000 and later handed over for operation and maintenance to the Public Health department (now Water Supply and Sanitation department).
The local residents had been demanding hotline power supply to the waterworks since long as the city was subjected to long and unscheduled power cuts daily, which in turn disrupted the drinking water supply as well.
