Mission Bhageeratha in Bangaru Telangana

Telangana Drinking Water Supply Project (TDWSP) renamed as “Mission Bhageertha”, is a flagship programme of the Government with a vision to supply potable drinking water to all habitations up to households level in the State in line with National Strategic plan. Mission Bhageertha will provide drinking water at the rate of 100 lpcd per person to around 2.73 crore population in the State living in 24,288 rural habitations and 64 municipal bodies in nine districts, excluding Hyderabad.

The Project would cost about Rs. 40,000 crore, including bulk water supply (treatment and transmission system) managed by Telangana Drinking Water Supply Corporation (TDWSC). All existing water supply schemes and ongoing drinking water projects in rural and urban areas are integrated into the TDWS Project.

The State is enriched with perennial rivers like Krishna, Godavari, Manjeera etc., flowing in the State and major reservoirs like Nagarjunasagar, Palair, Wyra, Dummugudem, Srisailam, SRSP, Singur, Nizamsagar, Kadam and Komaram Bheem Projects have abundant storage capacity of water to meet the drinking water needs of the people of the State. Under the Scheme, about 42.27 TMCs of water will be drawn from these dependent and sustainable sources.

Broad Goals envisaged under the project is to provide:

1. 100 LPCD supply to all rural habitations duly providing house connections;
2. 135 LPCD supply to all Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats;
3. 150 LPCD supply to all Municipal Corporations;
4. Supply water to Industrial areas to the extent of 10% of total demand; and
5. Complete the project in three years

TDWP to be implemented in four years involves over 1.25 lakh KM length of a maze of pipelines, 18 intake wells, 63 water treatment plants, 17,407 storage tanks (for 7.5 lakh KL), 62 intermediate pumping stations. The total power requirement is 186 MW, as the project will use a gravity-based distribution network as far as possible. Using smart technology, water usage will be monitored and wastage will be reduced.

The Project is divided into 26 segments based on the topography, proximity, and ease of connectivity from various dependable and sustainable sources. The state is seeking funds from bilateral and multilateral agencies and financial institutions, in addition to utilizing Central Government and own resources, to fund this mega project.

In addition to domestic water supply, the Project also takes into account the industrial demand to promote the development of industry in the State. SMART GRID with an Optic Fiber Network alongside the water pipelines will be laid.

The bulk supply will be made by the Telangana Drinking water Supply Corporation while the distribution within village/municipal areas will be taken up by the respective PRIs/ ULBs. While the bulk supply pipelines and structures are proposed to be constructed by reputed agencies having vast experience in the field, the intra-village or ULB distribution systems would be taken up by the local water committees involving women who are the best water managers

Progress of works

• Total 15 intake structure works are grounded and they are in progress.
• All 26 package works are entrusted to agencies and are grounded.
• Half yearly action plan for coverage of habitations is prepared and strict monitoring of progress in place.
• It is targeted to cover about 2021 habitations of 9 Assembly Constituencies by April - June 2016 for the segments which are tapping water from HMWS&SB Godavari pipeline.

Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Gramin:

The Government has given utmost importance for providing sanitation facilities to the rural community on the lines of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Gramin, to achieve clean Telangana by 2019. As part of the programme, the Government is providing assistance to BPL and APL families for construction of Community Sanitary Complexes. The government is implementing SBM(G) project in convergence with MGNREGA in the State for Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) to facilitate the BPL beneficiary for construction of IHHL, with a total incentive of Rs.12000. Out of 5.9 lakh, IHHLs sanctioned during 2015-16, about 1.3 lakh IHHLs were completed and 1.6 lakh are in different stages of completion.