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Mayor chairs meet on KUDCEMP works

Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:54 administrator
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Source : The Hindu Date : 18.06.2009

Mayor chairs meet on KUDCEMP works

Staff Correspondent

Mangalore City Corporation asked to frame policy on UGD, water supply connections

THE HINDU CHENNAI— Photo: R.Eswarraj

Discussion: Deputy Mayor Ragini Duganna, Mayor M. Shankar Bhat, and KUDCEMP Deputy Project Director, J.R. Lobo (right) at a special meeting of the corporation council in Mangalore on Wednesday. — Photo: R.Eswarraj

MANGALORE: Mayor M. Shankar Bhat has said that the council of the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) will take a decision on how to connect underground drainage (UGD) pipelines and water supply pipelines to each house and to commercial establishments at its next general body meeting.

Mr. Bhat was speaking at a special meeting convened on Wednesday to discuss the progress of various works under the Karnataka Urban Development and Coastal Environmental Management Project (KUDCEMP) funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Earlier, J.R. Lobo, Deputy Project Director, KUDCEMP, suggested that councillors frame a policy on connecting UGD lines and water supply lines to individual houses and establishments. He said that the MCC would have to take a decision in this regard at the earliest. This was because work on the sewage treatment plants at Kavoor and Pachhanady had been completed. If they had to be operated to their full capacity on a trial basis, sewage had to be pumped to the plants, he said. In addition, two more plants would be set up at Jeppinamogaru and Surathkal.

The Mayor said that the council would decide on issues such as whether the MCC or the owners of the buildings would connect the UGD lines and water supply lines to the buildings.

The Mayor said that the council would also have to take a decision on replacing all UGD lines in the old Mangalore area with new ones. Areas such as Barke, Pandeshwar, Bunder, Bolar, Kodialguttu were facing problems such as sewage flowing out of manholes and damage to the pipelines.

Mr. Bhat said a team of councillors would shortly visit the solid waste compost plant at Pachhanady to study certain issues.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:59
 

CMC launches drive to remove illegal water connections

Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:43 administrator
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Source : The Hindu Date : 18.06.2009

CMC launches drive to remove illegal water connections

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Bijapur: Responding to mounting pressure from the public, the Bijapur City Municipal Council (CMC) began a drive to remove illegal water connections in Bijapur city on Tuesday.

A special team, equipped with an excavator, dug up roads around Darbar High School, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium and Godavari Hotel to check for illegal connections from the pipeline supplying drinking water. Thirteen illegal connections were found. CMC authorities told The Hindu that the operation would continue for a week, during which all areas within the city limits would be checked.

People with illegal connections would be let off with a warning, while those who repeat such activities would have criminal cases booked against them, they said.

The CMC’s drive has been initiated after a month of protests by people in front of the CMC Commissioner’s office demanding action against illegal connections.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 June 2009 10:48
 

Rajasthan demands its full water share from Punjab

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 09:40 administrator
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Source : The Hindu Date : 17.06.2009

Rajasthan demands its full water share from Punjab

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JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday took strong exception to the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) reducing the State’s share of the water released from the Harike barrage in neighbouring Punjab by 2,670 cusecs and demanded release of the full quantity of water to the feeders serving the State.

In separate letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Mr. Gehlot pointed out that the reduction in the supply of water to Rajasthan and its utilisation in Punjab was damaging the crops in the canal areas of Rajasthan and had led to strong resentment among farmers in the region.

Mr. Gehlot requested the Prime Minister to direct the BBMB to immediately release Rajasthan’s full share from the barrage, which is under the Punjab Government’s control. He noted that the BBMB, which functions under the Union Power Ministry, was itself finding it difficult to ensure release of water because of the Punjab Government being in command of the barrage.

The BBMB had decided to release 19,000 cusecs of water to Punjab and Rajasthan from the Harike barrage during June and is at present releasing 15,000 cusecs from the dam. Against the share of 9,770 cusecs allocated to Rajasthan in this water, Punjab is releasing only 7,100 cusecs.

Mr. Gehlot pointed out that only 6,000 cusecs of water against the State’s share of 8,370 cusecs was presently being released through the Indira Gandhi feeder, while 1,100 cusecs of water against the share of 1,400 cusecs was being released to the Ferozepur feeder for the Gang Canal.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 June 2009 09:47
 
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