BMC gets 1.5 cr for 3 govt hsg estate water line revamp
Times of India | 14 December 2024
Kolkata: The state govt on Friday sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore to the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) to lay a network of supply lines for filtered water at Falguni, Banashree and Bichitra, three govt housing complexes in Salt Lake.
The govt approved a little over Rs 1 crore to Falguni Abasan to lay new water lines and build an underground water reservoir. Bichitra Abasan has received Rs 9.1 lakh and Banashree Abasan Rs 37.1 lakh. The move came a day after urban development minister Firhad Hakim held a stock-taking meeting with the 41 BMC councillors on Wednesday.
Officials said at present, almost half of the water supplied to the three housing estates came from underground reservoirs. "The system at the three complexes is old, designed to supply water mostly from underground reservoirs. It has to be revamped so that the entire supply to the three complexes can come from the New Town treatment plant," said a BMC official. "The complexes' water supply networks will be tweaked. New lines will be laid and connected to the main supply network, which brings filtered water from the New Town treatment plant." The project would benefit 3,000-odd people living there.
BMC water supply department officials said the project to supply filtered water directly to houses in five wards, covering a large area of Kestopur and Duttabad, would be completed by early next year.
BMC has also come up with a blueprint to revamp the 2,700-km-long pipeline network in Salt Lake to improve the township's drinking water supply. The project report has been sent to the urban development department for scrutiny and approval.
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