The Hindu Business Line : Centre clears Rs 830-cr Krishna water project

Hyderabad May 30 The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, today said that the Centre had cleared the Rs 830-crore phase II Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project.

The project seeks to augment water supply to Hyderabad Urban agglomeration by 90 million gallons a day.

Reviewing the recently constituted Greater Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad (GMCH), Dr Reddy said that all infrastructure facilities and civic amenities of the erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad will be made available in the new areas, including 12 Municipalities, without revision of hike in taxes.

DIRECTIVE TO OFFICIALS

According to a statement from the Chief Minister's Office, Dr Reddy directed the Commissioner and officials of the GMCH that basic civic amenities like drinking water, sanitation including underground drainage and roads should be made available in the entire GHMC areas without any hike in taxes.

The entire work would be co-terminus and the Greater Hyderabad would be made an investor and tourist-friendly city.

The GHMC officials would mobilise the resources by better collection of taxes and the Government would permit borrowing, if necessary.

The GHMC will be divided into five zones, 18 circles and 150 wards and divisions.

It was also decided to introduce street sweeping machines foe which tenders have already been floated.

Reviewing the functioning municipal solid waste power projects in the State, Dr Reddy said that two such projects have been given sanction.

NEW PROJECTS

They are Visakha Energy Systems of 6.6 MW capacity at Kapulappada village, Bheemili Mandal in Visakhapatnam and RDF Power Projects of 11 MW capacity at Chinnaravulapalli village, Bibinagar Mandal in Nalgonda district.

Both these companies would have to enter into an MoU with the respective municipal corporations and they would in all probability get Rs 3.40 per unit of power produced, after deducting wheeling charges.

However, these units will have to strictly abide by the conditions of the Pollution Control Board and are subject to inspections by authorities concerned.

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