Centre clears Rs 1050 Cr for city's drinking water projects

The Central Sanctioning Monitoring Committee (CSMC) on Tuesday cleared Rs 1050.80 crore to Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) for five major water supply projects.

The funds were sanctioned to HMWSSB under the Transition Phase of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The decision to this effect was taken during the CSMC’s meeting held at New Delhi on Tuesday.

The CSMC cleared Rs 58.198 crore for Water Supply Distribution Network for Patancheru Municipal Circle of GHMC; Rs 78.89 Crore for Water Supply Distribution Network for Ramachandrapuram Municipal Circle; Rs 365.17 Water Supply Distribution Network for L.B.Nagar Municipal Circle; Rs 439.51 crore for Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme for Serilingampally Circle and Rs 109.039 crore for Laying of 1800 mm dia MS pipeline from Osman Sagar Reservoir to Asifnagar Water Treatment Plant in place of existing water conduit.

These projects are proposed to be implemented in a period of two years. On implementation of the above proposals in the GHMC Circles, the expected outcome includes creation of required storages capacity in the project area; supplies would be ensured through reservoirs; Reliable and stabilized water supply at the customer convenience; Equitable supply in the distribution network; Unserved areas would be covered with piped water supply; Improvement of pressures in the network serving the tail end customers; Reduction of UFW by replacement of old pipelines and better service delivery.

The Meeting was attended by Principal Secretary (MA&UD) Sameer Sharma, HMWSSB Managing Director J Syamala Rao, along with the technical team headed by M.Satyanarayana, ENC & Director (Projects), M Konda Reddy, CGM(E), PCC-III and B Shivaraj, GM(E), PDn.VII, HMWSSB.