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An ambitious project to supply water 24 hours seven days a week to nearly 50,000 residents of Jaipur is in a limbo. Expected to be commissioned by August, Avanindra Mishra takes a peek into project

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It will only be at the end of Summers that round the clock water supply is expected to be commissioned at four areas of the city. The project works have been completed in most of the areas, however, there is not enough water to meet the demand.It is thus by month of August that the 24X7 water supply is expected to commence, just in time before assembly elections.

“Most of the project works are complete and testing have commenced in certain parts, yet, the supply remains short to meet the demand,” says a senior officer at Public Health and Engineering Department.

According to the department officials the works for software development, metre replacement and repair of reservoir have been completed. Works for laying supply lines have also been completed in most areas. However, the department ‘officially’ deny of water scarcity to be a reason for the delay.

“Except for Banipark area, work orders for rest of the covered area were to be completed by the month of August,” claims additional chief engineer, Jaipur at PHED. 

“We have replaced metres of all the 18000+ connections covered under the project, it has been works related to replacing the supply line that have faced difficulty in certain areas,” he adds.

The PHED has proposed to deliver the 24X7 water supply to 18,500 connections and nearly 50,000 residents of Chitrakoot, Adarsh Nagar, Banipark and parts of Mansarovar. These areas consume nearly 20 MLD water of which most comes from Bisalpur, while a fraction is sourced from Tubewells.

Commissioning round the clock supply is expected to raise the demand by another 10 per cent, this too will be needed from Bisalpur supply which is already under working at its maximum efficiency.

Meanwhile, the ambitious plan for the consistent water supply rests more on reducing the losses rather than adding up the supply.

In this direction the department has achieved partial success. Water losses in areas of Mansarovar and Adarsh Nagar have been reported to decline from 40 per cent to around 15 per cent.

The share of non-revenue water has also decreased in other areas, yet, the increasing demand continues to pose challenge.

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