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Faulty water supply system in soon to be Smart City
jEven as the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) is set to become a Smart City and also a Heritage City, the poor water supply system has been adversely affecting the city’s image. Due to the poor condition of the water supply system, about 30 per cent of the water distributed to households under the Corporation limits, was being wasted through leakages and illegal connections.
Warangal: Even as the Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) is set to become a Smart City and also a Heritage City, the poor water supply system has been adversely affecting the city’s image. Due to the poor condition of the water supply system, about 30 per cent of the water distributed to households under the Corporation limits, was being wasted through leakages and illegal connections.
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According to the official sources, the quantity of water being wasted was said to be around 52 MLD (million litres per day), which could be used to meet the drinking water needs of the people of nearly 10 municipal divisions. Besides the loss of precious water, huge amounts of money were also being wasted in the name of repairing the leakages in the water distribution pipelines.
During the last five years, an estimated Rs 1.50 crore has been spent on repairs to prevent leakages, which sadly occur again and again. As per the international standards, every individual needs around 135 litres of water per day. As per the 2011 Census, the population in the Corporation is 8.19 lakh, requiring a total of 110 MLD water.
As the current population was said to be around 10 lakhs, three filter beds situated at Vaddepally, Deshaipet and KUC have been purifying about 175 MLD of the water but only 123 MLD of water was being utilised. With the population growing day-by-day, it was estimated that by the year 2048, about 234 MLD of water would be needed to meet the needs of the citizens and accordingly, an action plan was also prepared. But all these plans would be successful only if the leakages in pipelines were prevented.
Speaking to The Hans India here on Monday, GWMC Commissioner Sarfaraz Ahmad said that they have initiated several measures to address the issue. About 1,200 leakages under the Corporation limits covering the tri-cities of Warangal-Hanamkonda Kazipet were identified, he added.
He said that the leakages at 60 places which occurred repeatedly have been stopped after six months of hard work. For the repairing of leakages, a piece-rate system was fixed and concerned linemen were made responsible for their maintenance, he added. Besides these, the GWMC Commissioner said that the agency that executes the repairs was asked to give a two-year guarantee on their work and the location of the leakage was tagged using a Global Positioning System (GPS) to check whether the leakage was recurring.
The Corporation officials also submitted proposals to the government to replace nearly 600 kilometres of pipelines using high density pipes as major portion of the distribution pipeline in the city was laid five decades ago.
By:James Edwin
