Tenders invited for Hale Unduwadi project

Tenders have lastly been invited for the much-awaited Hale Unduwadi consuming water project, which is predicted to fulfill the quick rising consuming water necessities of a quickly increasing Mysuru metropolis and its surrounding areas.

The first section of the project, which is estimated to value ₹210.5 crore, will draw 150 million litres per day (MLD) from the Cauvery at Hale Unduwadi close to KRS reservoir to provide piped water to the burgeoning western elements of town and 92 villages.

The 150 MLD from the Hale Unduwadi project can be along with the260-265 MLD Mysuru metropolis was already receiving from Belagola, Hongalli, Kabini and Melapura.

Under the proposed project, uncooked water can be drawn from the KRS backwaters at Hale Unduwadi by a jackwell. The place recognized for the project permits water to be drawn even when the reservoir degree dips beneath 70 ft and reaches useless storage.

The water thus drawn is pumped to a remedy plant at Beechanakuppe located at a distance of 4 km south of the jackwell. The handled water will first be pumped to the Master Balancing Reservoir (MBR) at Vijayanagar within the metropolis and the High Level Reservoir (HLR) at Yadavgiri earlier than it’s equipped to totally different elements of town.

The name for tender by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWSDB) for the project marks a milestone because it comes about seven lengthy years after it was conceived and after revision of the Detailed Project Report (DPR). One of the principle causes for the delay was the acquisition of about 100 acres of land recognized for the water remedy plant at Beechanakuppe by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) for an industrial project.

However, the land was subsequently de-reserved and entrusted to the KUWSDB after Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) raised a stink over it.

Pre-qualified contractors have been invited for the bid, which opened earlier this month. The tender, which is scheduled to finish on December 16, is predicted to be opened on December 19. KUWSDB officers stated the project is prone to kick off early in 2021. The profitable bidder must full the project in 30 months, the officers added.

Once applied, the water from the project can be equipped to the western elements of town together with Vijaynagar, many areas coming underneath MUDA and 92 villages on the outskirts of Mysuru, most of which fall underneath Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, underneath the Rural Water Scheme.

Phase 2 of the Hale Unduwadi project, which envisages one other 150 MLD, is predicted to be taken up later.