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The Hindu 29.01.2010

JUSCO contender for water supply scheme

Staff Reporter

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.

The Hindu 26.01.2010

Bid to prevent water leakage

Special Correspondent

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government has decided to install bulk meters at the sources of drinking water supply and water storage points to prevent leakage and minimise the losses during the supply to consumers in various towns. The bulk meters will first be installed on an experimental basis for a month in one zone each in Jaipur and Ajmer.

According to Principal Water Resources Secretary Ram Lubhaya, the department has found that the quantity of water supplied under most of the schemes across the State is not in accordance with the design parameters. Addressing a review meeting of additional chief engineers of the department here on Monday, Mr. Lubhaya said this situation called for “urgent corrective measures” and added that technical bottlenecks should be removed to ensure water supply up to the tail-end.

He said the illegal water connections would be withdrawn within the next fortnight and the equipment lying in excess under certain schemes would be sent to the regions where there is a shortage of the required machinery.