The Times of India 11.03.2013
Municipal corporation plans 6 reserve tanks to meet water requirements
summer almost here, providing regular water supply with proper pressure
will be a major challenge for the engineering wing of Chandigarh
municipal corporation. Keeping this in mind, the authorities have
identified low line areas of the city and are now constructing UGR (under ground reserve water tanks) to provide supply with good pressure.
The six UGRs are coming up in sectors 31, 29, 38, 46, 47 and 48. All
these will be connected with tubewells so that people residing in upper
floors receive adequate water supply in peak summer.
City mayorSubhash Chawla
said, “Besides UGRs, we also plan to link some areas of the city with
direct canal water but the exercise will take time. Installing UGRs will
bring immediate relief by maintaining proper pressure at upper floors.
Meanwhile, tubewell operators have already been instructed to keep
alternative arrangements like additional batteries and standby motors,
among others, to run the tubewells without any interruptions.”
Mukesh Bassi, chairman of water supply and sewerage disposal committee
of MC, said, “UGRs will provide instant supply, and once we have
additional stored water it can be pumped any time to maintain pressure.
Besides, the construction of additional tubewells is also under
progress.”
In the present scenario, the city is getting 87mgd
(mega gallon/day) drinking water on a daily basis against a requirement
of around 110mgd. Out of total 87mgd, city gets 67mgd from the Bhakra
Dam and the remaining 20mgd from tubewells. Though, besides seeking more
water from Punjab, civic body is also constructing around five new
tubewells to meet with the water requirements of the city.
