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Water Board mulls alternate day supply in city

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 05:16 administrator
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The Hindu - Andhra Pradesh 18.08.2009

Water Board mulls alternate day supply in city

J.S. Ifthekhar

Situation to be reviewed in September before decision is taken; authorities busy drawing up contingency plans

 

Authorities hoping that the skies will open up in September and October

At present daily water is being supplied to 3.5 lakh connections

HYDERABAD: With the monsoon playing truant, the Water Board is contemplating switching over to the alternate day supply to conserve its depleting reserves. However, the Board is exercising caution in making an announcement in view of the ongoing Assembly session.

The situation will be reviewed in the first week of September and a decision taken. Though the officials are putting up a brave face, they privately admit that a hard decision is inevitable in view of the failure of monsoon during last three months. Authorities are hoping the skies will open up in September and October, but at the same time they are busy drawing up contingency plans.

At present daily water is being supplied to 3.5 lakh connections in the core city area and L.B. Nagar municipality. Instead of curtailing daily supplies, alternate day supply is considered a best option as people have been accustomed to this earlier.

Nil inflows

What is worrying authorities is the nil inflows into any of the reservoirs supplying water to the city. Osmansagar has got a negligible 0.010 tmcft thanks to rains in its upstream at Janawada while the little water that is shown as inflows into Manjira is what was released from Singur. As a result the overall supply to the city has come down gradually from 336 mgd to 327 mgd.

Supplies from Krishna (180 mgd) and Singur-Manjira (120 mgd) continue. But the drawal from Osmansagar is down from 25 mgd to 20 mgd and since Sunday only 7 mgd is being drawn from Himayatsagar as against 10 mgd earlier. At best the twin reservoirs might last for another two months. In the case of Manjira, water can be drawn through gravity up to December and then it has to be pumped.

“We may have to install 15 pumps in Manjira after two months to pump water,” said S.P. Sharma, Director (Technical), HMWSSB.

He said failure of a CPCDCL transformer at Singur on Sunday affected pumping operations at Lingampally and Khanapur reservoirs. As a result there was a fall of 10 mgd supply to areas in division III, IX and XII.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 18 August 2009 05:18
 

GHMC poll stalls twin cities plan

Monday, 17 August 2009 13:22 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle 17.08.2009

GHMC poll stalls twin cities plan

August 17th, 2009
By Our Correspondent

Hyderabad
Aug. 16: The new master plan for the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad area hangs in balance.
Though the draft plan was ready, the authorities concerned held back its notification on instructions from political bosses in the wake of the upcoming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation elections.

With the polls getting into legal wrangles, the officials were in a dilemma over proceeding with the draft notification.

“It is not clear when the GHMC polls will be completed. The planning process will be affected if there is further delay in having a new master plan,” a senior GHMC official pointed out.

The political bosses will be asked to allow the Corporation to go ahead with the release of notification, he added.

The ruling party was apprehensive of a backlash in the GHMC polls mainly due to proposed road widening in several areas in the master plan. Road widening would mean demolition of properties.

Sources said the officials proposed that the road from Punjagutta to Jubilee Hills via Road No. 2 Banjara Hills to be widened up to 200 feet in place of the existing 100 ft road.

There was also a proposal to convert Road No 36, Jubilee Hills and Lakdikapul-Sanathnagar road to 200 ft.
In some cases, the officials proposed 100 ft to 120 ft roads in places where the roads are 40 feet wide.
For instance, it was proposed to widen the 40-ft road between R.P. Road (Kings Way) to Secunderabad railway station via Monda market to 120 ft. There were several structures including Old Jail which has heritage status.

Similarly, the R.P. Road-Mahankali temple stretch was proposed to be extended to 100 feet and Bazarghat-Nampally to 150 feet. The Khairatabad-Begumpet road along the railway track was proposed to be upgraded to 100 ft. Besides, the authorities also proposed several new roads.

Roads from Nalgonda crossroads to Dabeerpura and Akbarbagh to Saidabad are some of the new roads proposed in the master plan.

Last Updated on Monday, 17 August 2009 13:25
 

PCNTDA approves eco-housing project

Monday, 17 August 2009 12:40 administrator
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The Times of India 17.08.2009

PCNTDA approves eco-housing project

TNN 17 August 2009, 02:46am IST

PUNE: The Pimpri-Chinchwad New Township Development Authority (PCNTDA) has approved setting up of the first pilot project of eco-housing under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme on public private partnership (PPP) basis in Sector 12 on 53 hectare land.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Suhas Divse, chief executive officer, PCNTDA said the project was approved at the 285th meeting of the PCNTDA held on Wednesday, attended by divisional commissioner and PCNTDA chairman Dilip Band. The developer for the project was selected at the meeting and the work will begin after receiving approval of the state government.

The project received approval under the JNNURM from the Central sanctioning and monitoring committee on February 27. The state government approved 2.5 floor space index (FSI) for the project.

The project is eco-friendly and cost effective and includes all the basic amenities. Total 5,040 flats will be built each with 35.06 sq.m carpet area. The flats will be distributed to the people belonging to low income group in the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) and PCNTDA limits.

The flatholders will be provided social and physical amenities under basic services to urban poor scheme. These include primary health centre (PHC), primary school, community hall, rickshaw stand, vegetable market and others.

The expenditure on the project and basic amenities will be around Rs 417 crore. The Union government will provide around Rs 123 crore, PCNTDA will provide Rs 225 crore on PPP basis to the developer which includes Rs 123 crore as grants from the Union government and the individual share from the beneficiaries.

The developer will provide built area of around 14 lakh sq.ft (1.30 lakh sq.m) from the PPP area, excluding the 5,040 flats. This area includes 1,971 flats in category A and 358 flats in category B. Each flat in category A is of 53 sq.m. while each flat in category B is of 73 sq.m. These 2,329 flats will be distributed at reasonable price on PCNTDA norms.

The developer will give Rs 50 crore to PCNTDA as cost of land before starting the project. He will provide basic amenities like roads, electricity and water supply on the 53 hectare plot. He will create amenities like well-equipped hospital, schools and others on reserved plots as per the PCNTDA rules. He will complete the project in two years and the remaining developmental works and development of the Sector in four years.

The developer will get 25 per cent of the total area for open sale. He will be able to build residential flats on around 4.6 lakh sq.m area.
 
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