The Hindu 29.01.2010
JUSCO contender for water supply scheme
Staff Reporter
| APUFIDC to enter into pact for the project |
Project to be implemented in Rajahmundry and Guntur
Round-the-clock supply will check contamination, says Commissioner
Rajahmundry: Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO) Limited is one of the main contenders for supply of drinking water round the clock in Rajahmundry and Guntur cities and the Andhra Pradesh Urban Financial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APUFIDC) is going to enter into contract with JUSCO on behalf of the two corporations.
Hinting at this, K. Manik Raj, Municipal Commissioner, said they wanted to discuss the matter in the coming Municipal Council meeting on February 9. After getting approval by the council, the resolution would be taken up with the APUFIDC which would contact JUSCO for survey of the existing pipelines in the city.
According to Mr Manik Raj, there were many leakages in drinking water pipelines in the city and most of the pipelines were dated. He said after an agreement with APUFIDC, the JUSCO would start survey of the pipeline and on trail basis they would choose a few wards for trail run of the scheme.
Answering a question, the Commissioner said that the JUSCO was a reputed firm and it had successfully completed Hubli-Dharwar 24x7 water supply scheme. Mr. Manik Raj said water contamination would be arrested if the corporation was in a position to supply water round the clock. `He said the corporation decided to arrange 500 street markers out of which 50 on main road from the railway station to the quarry centre were completed. Traffic Directional Boards would be erected in all important places in the city, he said.
He said the skating ring in Weavers Colony was nearing completion and it was one of the prestigious projects of the corporation. The swimming pool going to come up on the outskirts of the city was likely in Morampoodi or Lalacheruvu residential area, he said.
