Urban News

  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Water Supply

HUDA completes water supply line for New Gurgaon

Saturday, 28 December 2013 04:16 administrator
Print PDF

The Times of India                27.12.2013

HUDA completes water supply line for New Gurgaon

GURGAON: The Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) completed the crucial water supply line extending from the Basai water plant to the Sector 51 boosting station on Thursday. The pipeline will bring water to several colonies in new Gurgaon, including DLF Phase V and the boosting station will service the sectors after Sector 43. The line stretches over 15 km.

For residents, the completion of the project is nothing short of an urban revolution since numerous colonies have not been connected to HUDA water-pipelines and rely completely on underground water for domestic needs. According to conservative estimates, the new pipelines will cater to over five lakh households in New Gurgaon.

Sources in the HUDA said the trials to check the project's operational capability would be organized next week. "The technical specifications of the pipelines are flawless and we hope that after completion of the trials, the water supply will start from the plant to new sectors," said a HUDA official.

The plant is currently supplying 43MGD (million gallons daily) of water to many areas of the city against its total water treating capacity of 60MGD. The new pipeline is learnt to be capable of supplying 22MGD. "The trials runs will be done in phased manner to find out how much water can be released into the line and how the fixtures handle the water rush before it reaches the boosting station," said the official.

The water pipes connecting the boosting station to other colonies are already in place. When the new supply line to new Gurgaon begins operating, it will have impact on the water supply to old Gurgaon. "The impact will be felt when the new water line is used to its optimum capacity but then it is necessary for overall improvement of water supply," said another HUDA official.

 

Waterway proposed to link K Nagar, Angul, Talcher

Tuesday, 24 December 2013 09:10 administrator
Print PDF

The Pioneer             24.12.2013

Waterway proposed to link K Nagar, Angul, Talcher

Looking at the massive traffic requirement of the industrial hubs of Kalinganagar, Angul and Talcher, the State Government has proposed connecting of the Inland Waterway No-5 to these regions. The State Government, in its latest move, has recently sent a proposal in this regard to the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

According to sources in the Department of Commerce & Transport (DoCT), this stretch of the proposed waterway is commercially viable and can be undertaken under public-private partnership (PPP) mode. This water route would provide an alternative mode of transportation from coalmines and industrial zones to the Paradip and Dhamra Ports.

The State Government would form a joint venture firm with participation of the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) and the Paradip Port Trust (PPT) to develop this stretch, said an official.

For development of inland water transport, the Union Government has declared the Talcher-Dhamra stretch of the Brahmani-Kharsuan-Dhamra river system along with the Geonkhali-Charbatia stretch of the East Coast Canal stretch of Matei river and Mahanadi river between Mangalgadi and Paradip as National Waterway No-5 in both Odisha and West Bengal.

PPT Chairman Sudhansu Sekhara Mishra, during his tenure as Member Traffic of the IWAI, took a lot of interest in developing the project in the interest of the State, and now he is actively supporting the move of the State Government, said a senior officer in the DoCT.

Development of inland waterways would go a long way in releasing the congestion on the road for which the State Government is keen to develop the canal portion of the project. This is because the IWAI Chairman is also keen to open a Regional Office of the IWAI in Bhubaneswar and undertake the project work in a time-bound manner. However the canal portion would be taken up in the second phase after development of river portion, said an official.

Meanwhile, the IWAI has taken the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop the river portion of the Inland Waterway No-5 and the ADB has already appointed a consultant to formulate project proposal for selection of a concessionaire to take up development of the river portion on PPP mode. The consultant, Grant Thornton, has already started its work in this regard.

 

Soon, Residents in Cities May Get Water Connections in 8 Days

Tuesday, 24 December 2013 08:52 administrator
Print PDF

The New Indian Express             24.12.2013

Soon, Residents in Cities May Get Water Connections in 8 Days

The Directorate of Municipal Administration (DMA) is working on reducing the number of days taken to approve and provide a water connection. The DMA proposes to reduce the number of days from 15 to eight working days.

The proposal will be sent to the Sakala Department and a final call will be taken, said N Manjula, director, DMA.

According to the DMA proposal, it would take a customer about half-an-hour to download the application form for a water connection from the website of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB). It would take another half-a-day to submit it along with documents to KUWSDB. Three days have been allotted for verification of documents, analysis of technical and legal issues, spot inspections and collection of information in electronic form with GPS and GIS linkage. After verification of documents, the KUWSDB will inform the applicant through SMS/email if his application has been accepted or not.

Once an application is approved, one day has been provided to applicants to pay the fees and two days for the KUWSDB to mobilise resources, execute work and provide connections. A non-value adding period of one day has also been provided for the consumer to visit the department and pay fees.

The initial plan, which was proposed by an AEE of the KUWSDB, was to reduce the number of days from 15 to five. However, this was later increased to eight days as officials of various government departments said the AEE’s proposal was cutting it too close. “The initial proposal was to reduce the number of days to five. But officials raised various constraints and difficulties to do this and so, a second proposal of 7-8 days was made. They did not have any major objections to this and so we will propose it to the Sakala Department,” said Manjula.

If the proposal is accepted, the number of days required to get a water connection will be reduced by half in most urban areas in the State (not including BWSSB).

 
More Articles...


Page 26 of 414