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MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) can start supplying drinking water to the people round-the-clock through public-private partnership (PPP), according to Arvind Shrivastava, Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finan

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The Hindu 13.11.2009

KUIDFC moots 24-hour water supply in city

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Project said to be viable for Mangalore

MANGALORE: Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) can start supplying drinking water to the people round-the-clock through public-private partnership (PPP), according to Arvind Shrivastava, Managing Director, Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC).

If the civic body wants, the KUIDFC can prepare a project report as it has been found that such a project is viable, he said.

Participating in a discussion on water supply at a meeting convened by Mayor M. Shankar Bhat here on Wednesday, Mr. Shrivastava said that the KUIDFC had implemented round-the-clock water supply schemes in select wards in Belgaum, Gulbarga and Hubli-Dharwad since 2008 on a trial basis. It was supplying water to 1.25 lakh people covering 25,000 houses in the three cities.

It was now planning to extend the scheme to all wards of the three city corporations, he said. Mr. Shrivastava said that the KUIDFC had identified Mangalore city, Puttur and Ullal for trying out the 24x7 water supply scheme if the elected councils of these civic bodies passed the required resolutions. Mr. Shrivastava said that if the city corporation plugged leaks, estimated to be between 30 and 40 per cent, in the existing water supply network, it could save a large quantity of water.

Leakage checked

The KUIDFC had brought down leakage to 7 per cent in the three city corporations where it had implemented the 24x7 scheme.

Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj said that as a new 7-m-high vented dam was being built at Thumbe, there would be no problem with availability of water.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2009 05:25
 

‘Super chlorination’ for drinking water sources

Friday, 13 November 2009 04:31 administrator
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The Hindu 13.11.2009

‘Super chlorination’ for drinking water sources

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Health camps to be conducted along the Vaigai riverbed

—Photo: S. James

DISEASE-prone: A view of the river Vaigai, in Madurai.

MADURAI: Health officials on Thursday ordered for ‘super chlorination’ at all drinking water sources of Madurai city in view of heavy rains.This decision was taken to prevent drinking water contamination and to ensure that safe water is supplied to city residents, according to V. Subramaniam, City Health Officer (CHO), Madurai Corporation. He said that the normal chlorination level may not be adequate during monsoon rains and an additional dose of chlorine would be better because rain water could get mixed with drinking water.

The CHO said that the health wing of the Madurai Corporation is also taking steps to supply chlorine tablets to those households in the peripherals of city which draw drinking water from various other sources. “A meeting was convened by the Mayor and Commissioner to discuss the steps for prevention of water-borne diseases. It has been decided to go for super chlorination,” Dr. Subramaniam said. Besides taking precautionary step of double chlorination, the civic body has also given directions to hotels/restaurants in the city to provide only boiled drinking water for customers.

“Our sanitary inspectors will issue notice to hotels in their jurisdiction and also visit them to see if they are supplying boiled water. Hotel owners must cooperate in implementing the order,” the CHO said. Dr. Subramaniam informed that the priority of Corporation health officials is to focus on people living along the Vaigai riverbed by conducting mass screening health camps to check fever cases. One medical camp is being conducted for every three wards in the city and so far 12 health camps were conducted, he said. On Thursday, a camp was held at S. S. Colony. Also, areas like Thathaneri and Kochadai have been put under surveillance by health officials. Fogging operation is going to be strengthened in places where water stagnation will be usually high during rains.

Last Updated on Friday, 13 November 2009 04:33
 

Mangaloreans may get 24x7 water supply

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Deccan Herald 12.11.2009

MCC positively responds to KUIDFC proposal of PPP model
Mangaloreans may get 24x7 water supply
Mangalore, Nov 11, DH News Service:

Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has positively responded to the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation’s (KUIDFC) proposal of implementing 24x7 water supply scheme in the Corporation limits under public-private partnertnership (PPP) model.

 

 


The issue was thoroughly discussed during a day-long meeting held at the MCC council hall here on Wednesday, which was attended by KUIDFC Managing Director Aravind Srivastav and Deputy Commissioner V Ponnuraj.

Srivastav said the 24x7 water supply plan could be implemented in Mangalore on the lines of KUIDFC’s pilot project in Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga. “About 1,25,000 people of select parts of these cities are successfully getting 24x7 water since 2008. In two years, it has been proved that good results can be obtained in a contract system provided the civic body takes good initiative,” he said.

Making a presentation on the plan, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory representative Rakesh Bangera said the proposed project may require about Rs 75 crore for its implementation.
“The staff strength in the water supply system need to be increased to 510 from the present 120. Under PPP model, the water tariff need to be increased by 10 per cent once in every 5 years. In this plan, by 2030, the minimum water tariff will be Rs 100 as against the existing Rs 65,” he explained.

However, councillors Harish Surathkal and Mariamma Thomas noted that the study has not made any reference to the sources of water on which the 24x7 system can rely. They also asked for alternatives during power failures.

DC V Ponnuraj said the new vented dam and the existing dam at Thumbe (that will be raised to 7 mts) will compensate the water requirements. At the same time, it has been agreed by the Shambhur AMR project that it will store water only during good flow of water.

Both Srivastav and Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environment Management Project (KUDCEMP) Superintending Engineer (Water Supply) Syed Ilias Pasha felt that about 40 per cent of water is being wasted in the MCC limits due to leakages. “If we can prevent leakages completely, sufficient water can be supplied to about 9 lakh people with the existing resources,” Pasha said.

Srivastav said the proportion of leakage is only 7 per cent in the three cities where 24x7 system has been implemented. Replying to the question on the problem of electricity in enforcing the scheme, he said water will be supplied through gravitational force by dividing the corporation area into hydraulic zones.

Mayor M Shanker Bhat, MLA N Yogish Bhat, Deputy Mayor Rajani Dugganna, Commissioner K N Vijayprakash and KUDCEMP Project Director J R Lobo were present.

 
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