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Rs. 250 cr. allocated for Godavari water project

Saturday, 25 July 2009 06:06 administrator
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The Hindu 25.07.2009

Rs. 250 cr. allocated for Godavari water project

HYDERABAD: Keeping the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections in mind, the State government has taken enough care to allocate the much-needed funds for its projects to provide drinking water to the Twin Cities.

Finance Minister K. Rosaiah in the budget presented on Friday, announced that the Rs. 250 crore had been allocated for taking up the first phase of Maulana Abul Kalam Hyderabad Sujala Sravanthi scheme to draw water from Godavari in three phases for Greater Hyderabad. In fact, the cost of phase – I of the project is Rs. 3,375 crore.

He also announced allocation of Rs. 37 crore to improve the quality of water supply in slum areas particularly the Twin Cities.

Mr. Rosaiah stated that a major initiative of the government was to make Hyderabad a World Class city.

Rapid urbanisation

Towards achieving this goal, it was expediting the construction of 158 km long Outer Ring Road as eight lane Access Controlled Expressway with an estimated cot of Rs. 4,607 crore.

He noted that the State was witnessing rapid urbanisation in the last two decades and the State government had taken proactive steps to access funds under the various flagship programmes of the Centre such as Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). He said special emphasis was being laid on water supply, sewerage, transport, integrated development of slums including housing infrastructure projects and solid waste management.

Last Updated on Saturday, 25 July 2009 06:09
 

Siruvani dam overflows

Friday, 24 July 2009 09:38 administrator
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The New Indian Express 24.07.2009

Siruvani dam overflows



PALAKKAD: The Siruvani dam near Kanhirapuzha is overflowing after heavy rains in the catchment areas. The excess water is flown into the Siruvani and Bhavani rivers of Kerala.

 

The Siruvani dam, situated 48 kilometres from Palakkad, is the drinking water source of Coimbatore city. The total capacity of the dam is 878.5 metres. As the dam is full, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board can draw its full quota of 101 million litres of water a day, the Irrigation Department sources said.

 

 

 

Rainwater harvesting in city a must: New Bill

Friday, 24 July 2009 09:13 administrator
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The New Indian Express 24.07.2009

Rainwater harvesting in city a must: New Bill

BANGALORE: The Assembly on Wednesday passed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage (Amendment) Bill, 2009, which makes rainwater harvesting compulsory in the Bangalore city limits. Introducing the bill, Minister for Information, IT-BT and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board Katta Subramanyam Naidu said that in view of the rising demand for water and depletion of the groundwater table, rainwater harvesting has become very important in the city.

The owner or occupier has to provide for the rainwater harvesting structure within nine months from the date of passage of this bill.

The bill made it compulsory for all buildings, including government and commercial buildings with an area of not less than 1200 square feet to have the harvesting structure, failing which the BWSSB will create the facility and recover the cost as arrears of land revenue.

However, following demand from the Opposition, Naidu announced that rainwater harvesting would be made compulsory to all existing sites having a dimension of 60X40 ft and above.

But in case of new sites, the rule would be applicable to all, including those with a dimension of 30X40 ft.

Naidu said that a rain harvesting park would be set up at Jayanagar in six months to enlighten the public on the issue.

Besides demanding that the scheme be extended all over the state, Appaji Nadagouda (Congress) urged the minister to pay greater attention to setting up community rainwater harvesting sites in Bangalore.

Dinesh Gundurao (Congress) suggested the amendment be brought to the Karnataka Muncipality Act, extending the scheme to rest of the state.

 
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