HYDERABAD: The Housing Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) Board has agreed in-principle to sanction Rs 1,500 crore to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) towards implementation of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project Phase-III.HMWS&SB Managing Director Adhar Sinha said the in-principle sanction letter along with terms and conditions of sanction would be communicated shortly to HMWS&SB by HUDCO.The estimated cost of the KDWSSP Phase-III is around Rs 1,670 crore. The KDWSSP Phase-III has become important due to the rapid urbanisation in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits. Besides, the special economic zones, IT sector and ORR growth corridors have created a huge water supply demand in addition to the normal domestic demand. As of now, the city is experiencing a shortfall of over 100 mgd. The situation is worse in outlying areas where water is supplied once in three days.The reliability of existing sources is diminishing with each passing year. The Osmansagar and Himayatsagar sources are drying up regularly and the dwindling inflows to Singur and Manjira sources have also sent alarm bells ringing.The main components of the proposed project are: Construction of WTP of 90 MGD capacity at Kodandapur (`149 crore) and Clear Water Transmission Pipelines of pumping/gravity from Kodandapur to Sahebnagar (in 4 packages) for a total length of 114.3 Km (Rs 943 crore), construction of Clear Water Reservoirs, MBRs for storage of 117 ML capacity to facilitate intermediate pumping at Kodandapur, Nasarlapally, Godakondla, construction of Pump Houses and erection of Pumping Equipment (Rs 65 crore) and laying of distribution trunk mains of 62 km length to connect to service reservoirs (Rs 150 crore).The total allocation for drinking water needs of Hyderabad from the river Krishna is 16.5 TMC. Already, 11 TMC of water is being drawn through Phase-I and II schemes. The balance available allocation from river Krishna is 5.5 TMC. Earlier, the proposal was that the government would give 50 percent budgetary support and the balance project cost would be arranged as a loan component from financial institutions preferably HUDCO which again will be under-written by the State Government.With the Godavari project being a long drawn affair, for Krishna phase III there will be no delay as already land is available. The project has received support from all city legislators cutting across party lines.
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