BANGALORE
Trial run of the much-awaited Rs1,759-crore Cauvery 4th Stage Phase II project begins.
Hundreds of workers and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) employees on Friday geared up for quenching the thirst of Bangaloreans within the next few months.
Minister for law and BWSSB S Suresh Kumar was seen brimming with confidence at ground zero: near Shiva Anekat at Malavalli taluk in Mandya district. Kumar released raw water to Torekadanahali through one of the 3000 mm dia 16-km long pipelines. “I have to congratulate all the workers and BWSSB engineers who have worked day and night to make this project a reality,” he said. “September 15 is the birthday of M Visvesvaraya. We are proud to dedicate this ambitious project to the great engineer on the eve of his birthday.”
Stating that the water treatment plant at Torekadanahalli was one of the biggest in the world, Kumar said the project was completed within 32 months. He said the administrative approval for the project was given in 2006, consultants were appointed in 2007 and the actual work started in December 2009.
If all goes well, the much-awaited Rs1,759-crore Cauvery 4th Stage Phase II project will supply 500 MLD water to Bangalore. “Cauvery I, II and III stage projects were completed within a minimum period of four years,” the minister said. “While the capacity of the first two projects was 135 MLD each, the capacity of the III and IV Stage Phase I projects was 270 MLD each. But the capacity of the Cauvery IV Stage Phase II project is 500 MLD and it is being completed in 32 months. Water treated at Torekadanahalli by dissolved air flotation technology will be supplied to Bangalore through three-stage pumping at Torekadanahalli, Harohalli and Tataguni.”
Kumar said the BWSSB has been taking up projects once in 10 years to supply water to Bangalore. He said the Cauvery I Stage was completed in 1974, II Stage in 1983, III Stage in 1993 and IV Stage Phase I in 2002. “The project (Cauvery IV Stage Phase II) has been formulated keeping in view the population of Bangalore till 2016,” he said. “We are scouting for alternative sources to meet the demand for water after 2016.”
The minister said about 10 lakh families from areas such as Rajarajeswari Nagar, Dasarahalli, Yelahanka, Byatarayanapura, KR Puram and Kengeri (erstwhile seven CMCs and one TMC) are expected to benefit from the Cauvery IV Stage Phase II project. “After reaching Bangalore near Vajraahalli, the pipeline branches into two: one towards east and the other towards west,” he said. “The speciality of this project is that it is interlinked. Whenever there is a shortage in one area, excess water from the other area will be drawn to meet the shortage.”
BWSSB chairman Gaurav Gupta has said the Cauvery IV Stage Phase II project is being funded up to 85% by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, 7.50% by the state government and 7.50% by the BWSSB.
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