Engineer-in-Chief and Director (Projects) of Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board (HMWS&S) D Ramakrishna said that the delay was on account of problems related to land acquisition in Jiyaguda. But he was confident of finishing the project by June 2007.
The Central Government’s contribution is approximately Rs 238 crore. The state government is providing the balance funds of Rs 101 crore.
“The project envisages five Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at various places The STP at Attapur will have a combined capacity of 21 Million Litres per Day (MLD) of Jiyaguda and 30 MLD of Nandimuslaiguda plants,” he said.
While the work at Nagole (172 MLD) will be grounded in the next month, the tenders for Nallacheruvu (30 MLD) will be called by April 30. Ramakrishna said that sewage water being carried by 18 intersection and diversion canals in Musi will also be intercepted by erecting walls between the main canals and the water itself. Works on the five important drains running for a length of 33 km are still undergoing.
While the works at Ramanthapur to Nallacheruvu are in progress, tenders have been called for works at at NIS Main, SIS Main, Duplicate A Main and Jiyaguda Main. Till now, works approximately worth Rs 144 crore have been taken up by the board.
The project initiated in 2002 was funded by the National River Plan Action Assistance and has been approved by National River Conservation Directorate.
