The Hindu 11.08.2012
Tender approved for water project
The Cabinet has approved the tender for the unfinished
work of the Water Supply Augmentation project for West Kochi, more
popularly known as the Hudco Drinking Water Project, said Minister for
Excise and Ports K. Babu.
The project commissioned in
2007 aimed at providing 25 million litres of water a day to West Kochi
and 10 MLD to Vypeen. Though the work was commissioned five years ago,
the Palluruthy region has not received its benefits as a connecting link
was yet to be provided. The initial work started way back in 1995 to
address the drinking water problem in the south-western regions of the
city. The project, however, dragged on in legal battles for land
acquisition.
The work that would connect the people
of Palluruthy to the Hudco project involves laying pipes for a distance
of 766 metres. Tenders had been invited three times for laying this
pipeline from Karanakodu Junction to Chemmathu. The original estimate of
Rs.231 lakh for the project was revised upwards by 36.16 per cent in
2010.
