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VMC cleans ponds in Vadodara

Tuesday, 15 October 2013 11:19 administrator
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The Times of India          15.10.2013

VMC cleans ponds in Vadodara

VADODARA: Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) spent nearly Rs 28 lakh in cleaning ponds in the city. The civic body incurred this expense on eight different ponds in the city.

According to sources, the civic body had taken up the drive to clean the ponds due to thick vegetation growth in the ponds as well as other material that had been dumped into them. The work was also important to ensure that the ponds stored some water and did not spill over during monsoon.

VMC officials said extensive vegetation growth had taken place in several ponds and in case of some their entire surface was covered with vegetation. The cleanliness drive was taken up essentially for surface cleaning of the ponds.

While the civic body had invited expressions of interest for bioremediation of select ponds in the city, it is yet to make a decision regarding this. Experts have suggested in the past that mere surface cleaning and aeration were not solutions in the long run and would only lead to unnecessary expenses. This had prompted the civic body to look for options like bioremediation along with other techniques.

 

PMC to buy 15,000 sq m land for water project

Wednesday, 09 October 2013 08:20 administrator
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The Times of India               09.10.2013

PMC to buy 15,000 sq m land for water project

PUNE: The standing committee on Tuesday approved a proposal to acquire land owned by an educational institute to complete its Wadgaon Budruk water treatment plant project.

"The standing committee on Tuesday approved a proposal to pay 154 per cent amount of ready reckoner rate to acquire 15,600 sq m of land from an educational institute to start phase II work of Wadgaon water treatment plant," said standing committee chairman Vishal Tambe. Water problems of about four lakh citizens would be solved once the plant is completed, he added.

The PMC has already acquired 2,500 sq metre land and a part of the project is functional here. Another 15600 sq mt land is with educational institute in the area.

The PMC had earlier proposed acquisition of land as per the ready-reckoner rate. However, the institute demanded that the PMC pay the acquisition price as per the land acquisition act - which is 154 per cent of ready-reckoner rate.

"The PMC will start the land acquisition process and complete the remaining project as soon as possible. This project is part of PMC's efforts to increase the network of water treatment plants across the city," he said.

The civic body undertook the ambitious project of building a water treatment plant with the capacity of 125 million litres in Wadgaon Budruk in 2003, but phase II of the project is still to start.

 

Water from tubewells to flow directly to water works

Wednesday, 09 October 2013 07:38 administrator
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The Times of India               09.10.2013

Water from tubewells to flow directly to water works

CHANDIGARH: As the engineering wing of Municipal Corporation had recently passed an agenda to install 19 tubewells in the first phase out of a total of 45 in various areas of the city to fulfill the shortage of 9mgd water to be supplied to Panchkula and Chandigarh from next summer, the entire water generated through these tubewells will directly go to the water works of the city, instead of particular residential areas. The tubewells will be connected to all five water works situated in every zone of the city. Out of these 19 tubewells, seven are coming up in Sector 39, adjoining the water works area where a huge chunk of land is lying vacant. Besides, two tubewells each will come up adjoining the water works in sectors 32 and 37. Two more tubewells will be constructed near the water works in Sector 26.

a??Presently, most of the tubewells are directly connected with the residential areas of the city, but as 9mgd scarcity of water will affect the entire city and not any specific areas, therefore the generated water will initially come to the water works of each zone, and from there to the main water works based in Sector 39. After treatment of the water in Sector 39, the supply will be distributed throughout the city,a?? said an official of the engineering wing.

In a recently held monthly house meeting, RC Diwan, SE public health wing of the engineering department, had revealed that seven tubewells can easily be installed in Sector 39, as the MC has 116 acres of land there. Sources in the MC said almost 70% work of laying down the pipelines to provide water to Panchkula and Chandimandir had been completed.

 
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