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150 RO water purification plants for city
150 RO water purification plants for city, GHMC's RO water purification plants. The GHMC has begun the New Year in the right spirit. A slew of projects being taken up by the civic body stands testament.
It’s a positive start to 2014 as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has announced yet another massive project. Water treatment plants would be set up in slums to control the spread of water-borne diseases. What’s more, the treatment plants would provide employment to youth as well. With an estimated budget of Rs 5 crore, the project is expected to be up and running in three months. GHMC will charge the cost price
The GHMC has begun the New Year in the right spirit. A slew of projects being taken up by the civic body stands testament. Apart from the ‘Manakuragayalu’ programme which would be launched soon, Mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain and Somesh Kumar, Commissioner, GHMC, on Saturday announced that they would be setting up close to 150 Reverse Osmosis (RO) water purification plants in the city. These plants would be located in close proximity to slums in the city. The Mayor has promised that purified water would be available for a paltry charge. He would put forward this proposal in the next standing committee. Apart from providing clean drinking water, this project would also act as a means of employment, as delivery boys would be engaged to distribute water cans in their respective vicinities.
“We are taking assistance from slum-level federations and within three months, we would make sure that this project would be up and running. Most of the slums in the city would have water treatment plants. This is being done to cut down the number of water-borne diseases under the GHMC limits,” added the Mayor.
The project is estimated to cost Rs 5 crore. But the Commissioner and the Mayor said in unison that the budget would not be an issue as it was being done for the greater good of the community.
“Every water plant would employ close to 10 delivery boys and they would be given a motorcycle to deliver the cans. The reason why we are giving motorcycles is because they are easily maneuverable and will have a larger reach. Each delivery unit can serve 1000 families. The amount that we will charge for the water would be equivalent to what is required to run the unit,” said Somesh Kumar.
Every unit would tap water from borewells and it would be purified using the RO process. The GHMC plans to launch this before the summer starts. If required, it would avoid constructing new buildings for a unit and would take up buildings on lease. The entire project would be manned by the GHMC alone.
