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Officials to monitor water supply in curfew areas

Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:20 administrator
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The Hindu 01.04.2010

Officials to monitor water supply in curfew areas

J.S. Ifthekhar

CGMs can be contacted on 9032000633 and 9032000568

Linemen, pump operators and others issued curfew passes

Hyderabad: Faced with criticism over poor drinking water supply in the curfew bound old city, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, has drafted two chief general managers and tasked them with monitoring the supply. They will liaise with the police and send water tankers in the un-served areas.

Vishweshwara Rao will coordinate with the police and ensure proper supply in Division I and II in the old city while Sundar Rami Reddy will take care of water supply in rest of the city. They can be contacted on phone 9032000633 and 9032000568 respectively.

Helpline

Consumers can also call on the Board's helpline 155313 round the clock to lodge their grievances. The Water Board has put on alert all its field staff and asked them to attend to distress calls, if any. During the curfew relaxation period, the Board will supply water through tankers in addition to the normal supplies.

However, Board's Managing Director M. Jagadeeshwar, denied that there was any cut in water supply to the old city. “We are maintaining the regular supply,” he said.

Areas in Division I comprising Bahadurpura, Doodhbowli, Misrigunj, Patherghatti, Moghalpura, Darulshifa, Azampura, Gulzar Houz and Sultan Shahi get 25 mgd water.

There are 48,201 connections here. The Division II spread over Malakpet, Maisaram, Moosarambagh, Aasmangadh, Madannapet, Balapur, Jahanuma, Santoshnagar, Aliabad and Gowlipura gets 49 mgd. It has 77,660 connections.

Strike called off

Meanwhile, the Board has managed to avert a bigger problem arising on account of the Tanker Owners Association decision to go on strike. The association agreed to call off the strike. Though the government enhanced the rate of payment for paid tankers from Rs. 250 to Rs. 325 per trip and from Rs. 140 to Rs. 160 for free tankers, stalemate continued on the question of sharing of the enhanced amount.

After talks the tanker owners agreed to receive Rs. 190 for the payment trip as against Rs. 150 earlier.

Last Updated on Thursday, 01 April 2010 06:22
 

Drinking water position precarious in Kurnool

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 05:40 administrator
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The Hindu 30.03.2010

Drinking water position precarious in Kurnool

Special Correspondent

Likely closure of KC Canal in two days may affect supply

to the city

KURNOOL: Drinking water supply position turned precarious with the irrigation department likely to close the KC Canal in two days.

The canal draws around 1,250 cusecs from Sunkesula barrage which will continue for the next few days. The Irrigation Department has stopped taking assistance from the TB dam.

The closure of the canal will bring pressure on the drinking water supply to Kurnool city.

At present, water sufficient for 40 days is available at summer storage tank. Also, another 40 days requirement is stocked at Sunkesula barrage. However, maintaining the quality in the peak summer months is difficult due to high algae activity.

The irrigation officials say they have spared around one tmfct at Tungabhadra dam for drinking water needs which will be requisitioned at the end of April. Some amount of it will be stocked at Sunkesula barrage and the rest will be released into the river. The Municipal Corporation has been requested to make arrangements for drawing the water from its river pumping station.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 05:43
 

GMC to augment water supply by using SLB

Monday, 29 March 2010 05:52 administrator
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The Hindu 29.03.2010

GMC to augment water supply by using SLB

P. Samuel Jonathan

GUNTUR: The Guntur Municipal Corporation is set to make revolutionary changes in the management, distribution and supply of water.

The GMC, which has already secured the necessary administrative approvals to implement innovative technologies like, Motorola's Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (Mini SCADA) system, will further augment the quality by constant evaluation using Service Level Benchmarks (SLB) which measure the quality of water supply.

“By using these indicators, we will scientifically evaluate the water supply chain and make real time corrections. The system will improve the efficiency and reliability of the existing water distribution. It will also help us to quantify the cost of the water and plug the leakages in the distribution system,” Municipal Commissioner K. Ilambarthi told The Hindu.

The GMC has already done a preliminary evaluation of the following indicators. It fared poorly in the coverage of water supply connections, efficiency in redressal of consumer complaints, cost recovery in water supply services and metering of connections with a rating of B.

The record in the per capita availability of water at consumer end, measuring the non revenue water, continuity of water supply and treatment of water, were satisfactory. For instance, the GMC could secure C grade in the reliability of quality water with over 4,100 samples being tested in a month. Out of 1, 31, 075 house holds in the service area, the GMC could ensure 69, 243 connections.

The GMC could ensure only 100 LPCD of water in the per capita availability of water as against the benchmark of 135 LPCD. While the GMC serves a population of 6,65,796 using 66.84 Million Litres per Day.

But the GMC would find itself walking on a tight rope over the issue of metering the water connections as an overwhelming public opinion against metering would tie up its hands. The status of GNC in metering is a dismal 2.4 per cent. As against 62, 039 direct connections, the GMC could meter only functional 1,574 connections.

Last Updated on Monday, 29 March 2010 06:02
 
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