₹82 cr. water pipeline for Kurnool: Mayor

Mayor B. Y. Ramaiah and Municipal Commissioner D.K. Balaji on Monday evening introduced that the State authorities had given the executive sanction for the execution of a ₹82 crore venture to convey ingesting water from the Sunkesula Reservoir to the town.

At a press convention right here, the Mayor stated it was an excellent achievement for the brand new Council to get this venture for the town, which might very quickly be the Judicial Capital of the State. “We as such have a scarcity of water to serve the far-flung areas of the city and this project will come in handy,” he added.

Mr. Balaji stated the State authorities had modified the ₹50.43 estimate for an analogous scheme with administrative sanction in underneath G.O. Ms. No. 323, MA&UD (UBS) Department, of August 29, 2017, and issued G.O. No.266 dated June 7 (Monday) sanctioning ₹82 crore because the venture estimate. A 23-km pipeline will probably be laid from the Sunkesula Reservoir to the Summer Storage Tank within the metropolis.

The venture will probably be referred to as the Kurnool Municipal Corporation’s ‘Water Supply Improvement Scheme’ underneath AMRUT scheme. The venture will probably be executed underneath AMRUT 2016-20 with the Centre bearing ₹14.32 cr., the State authorities ₹5.66 crore, and the Kurnool Municipal Corporation elevating ₹62.02 crore underneath the revised funding sample for the operation and upkeep of the scheme for seven years, together with two years of defect legal responsibility interval, Mr. Balaji added.