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Time of India
08-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Eight years on, construction work of overhead tanks for 24x7 water supply project yet to be completed
Pune: Eight years after its start, the construction of overhead water tanks for PMC's 24x7 water supply project is still progressing slowly. Only 25 out of the 82 tanks to be constructed for this project have been commissioned. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The civic body claimed to have completed construction of 66 tanks but said 41 are not in use because of issues pertaining to supply lines. According to civic officials, the land acquisition proved to be a taxing process, which caused delay in the project. "The civic administration is generating funds for the project. The funds will be used for building connecting lines between water tanks and taps of end users. The administration has planned to speed up the works," said Nandkishor Jagtap, the head of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)'s water supply department. The civic body will spend around Rs 280 crore on building these tanks. The capacity of the tanks ranges from 20 lakh litres to 40 lakh litres. "The civic administration is not showing the will to complete the project in time. The project is aimed at providing 24x7 water to citizens. But the civic body has gone back on its promise and is promoting it as an equitable water supply project," said Vivek Velankar of Sajag Nagrik Manch, a citizens' group. "Residents of merged areas are waiting for water for years. The water tanks have been built, but these are not able to provide water as allied infrastructure is absent. If the infrastructure is not built, the water tanks will go to waste," said Shrirang Chavan of Haveli Taluka Kriti Samiti, a citizens' group from merged areas. Civic officials said that work of construction of 20 overhead tanks in 34 merged areas has been prioritized to resolve the problem of water scarcity. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The water storage capacity of these added areas will increase by around 3.5 crore litres after the construction of these tanks. The tanks will be built in areas like Ambegaon, Bavdhan, Sus, Mahalunge, Jambhulwadi, Wagholi, and Lohegaon. Twenty amenity spaces have been identified for construction of these facilities. A civic official said that construction of tanks is a major component of the project. About 700 of the 1,060-km distribution line has been laid, and the remaining work will begin in the next fiscal, an official said. Nearly 70% of the 3.14 lakh metre installations for residential use has been completed. The official said Rs 1,471 crore of the total project allocation of Rs 2,048 crore has been spent. Approximately 75% of the project has been completed. The remaining portions will be finished by Dec 2025, they said. Of the planned 141 water metre zones in the city, 72 are slated to be operational. The remaining work will be completed by March 2026.
Indian Express
22-05-2025
- Business
- Indian Express
PMC to construct new water treatment plan at Vadgaon Budruk under AMRUT 2.0 to meet increased demand
To cater to the increasing demand for treated water in Pune city, which is witnessing rapid urbanisation, the civic body will construct a new water treatment plant at Vadgaon Budruk under the AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation ) 2.0 programme. 'The Union government has approved the proposed 125-MLD water treatment plant of the Pune Municipal Corporation at Vadgaon Budruk. The project will be funded by the Union government under the AMRUT 2.0 programme,' said Nandkishor Jagtap, in charge of the PMC's water supply department. The project is estimated to cost Rs 188 crore. Jagtap said the PMC also wanted to construct a water treatment plant at Khadakwasla to meet the demand in villages that were added to the civic body's limits recently. Incidentally, a few of these villages were provided untreated water from the dam, resulting in the spread of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in parts of Pune city later this year. 'The land for the water treatment plant was available at Vadgaon Budruk, so a proposal was sent to the Union government for including it in AMRUT 2.0, which has been done now,' said Jagtap. As per the equitable water supply plan, the old part of Pune city has been divided into five parts, considering the capacity of the water treatment plants (WTP) and the potential population they will serve in 2047. These five parts are Parvati WTP, Bhama Askhed WTP, Warje and Holkar WTP, Lashkar WTP, and Vadgaon WTP. At present in Vadgaon, there are two water treatment plants with a total capacity of 250 MLD, catering to the needs of some parts of the proposed 32 zones and five newly added villages–Yewalieadi, Ambegaon Budruk, Ambegaon Khurd, Dhayari and Undri. The newly merged villages have increased the overall water demand in the city. The Parvati water treatment plant caters to six of the 33 zones. It has completed 53 years of service. As per central government guidelines for 24×7 projects, the service life of a water treatment plant is 30 years. There is also a large amount of leakage in the Parvati plant. 'The new WTP at Vadgaon will enable handling increased water needs and meet the requirements if the Parvati WTP's operation is scaled down. The total raw water available at Vadgaon will be 125 MLD out of 380 MLD. The remaining 255 MLD will be treated at the Parvati WTP,' said a civic officer of the water supply department. The PMC will demolish the pump house in Vadgaon, which is 17 years old and has been unused for a long time. It has insufficient pumping capacity and a dilapidated and sinking sump well with heavy leakages. Thus, the civic body will construct a raw water pumping station, raw water rising main pipe system, water treatment plant, pure water pumping station, and a pure water pumping main pipe system. Ajay Jadhav is an Assistant Editor with The Indian Express, Pune. He writes on Infrastructure, Politics, Civic issues, Sustainable Development and related stuff. He is a trekker and a sports enthusiast. Ajay has written research articles on the Conservancy staff that created a nationwide impact in framing policy to improve the condition of workers handling waste. Ajay has been consistently writing on politics and infrastructure. He brought to light the lack of basic infrastructure of school and hospital in the hometown of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde even as two private helipads were developed by the leader who mostly commutes from Mumbai to Satara in helicopter. Ajay has been reporting on sustainable development initiatives that protects the environment while ensuring infrastructure development. ... Read More
