Rajasthan
Water Supply Minister laid the Foundation Stone of Water Supply Schemes Worth Rs 130 Crore
- 25 Sep 2023
- 2 min read
Why In News?
On September 24, 2023, Rajasthan's Public Health Engineering Minister Dr. Mahesh Joshi laid the foundation stone of three reorganized urban water supply schemes of Jaipur worth about Rs 130 crore, included in the Chief Minister's budget announcement 2023-24.
Key Points:
- These schemes include reorganized water supply scheme worth Rs 46 crore 37 lakh, renovation of pump house for smooth drinking water supply in Baiji Ki Kothi, Model Town and surrounding areas, construction of new high reservoir, new pipe in Baiji Ki Kothi and Model Town area. The work of connecting and laying the line will be done. The 50 thousand population of this area will get the benefit of this scheme.
- Under the Reorganized Urban Water Supply Scheme Jagatpura (Jaipur) worth Rs 44 crore 30 lakhs, work will be done to construct a new high reservoir, clean reservoir and pump house and to connect and lay new pipelines in Jagatpura area.
- Under the scheme, there will be a high reservoir of 18 lakh liter capacity, surface reservoir of 18 lakh liter capacity, laying of pipeline in about 80 km (about 49.71 mi) area on the land allotted by JDA in Manoharpura Kachchi Basti and reconnection of 5 thousand water connections. The 32 thousand population of this area will get the benefit from this scheme.
- Under the reorganized urban water supply scheme Gator worth Rs 37 crore 16 lakhs, work will be done to renovate the currently established pump house, construct a new high reservoir and connect and lay new pipelines in the entire Gator area.
- In this, there will be a high reservoir of 15 lakh liter capacity in Siddharth Nagar behind the Northwestern Railway Headquarters, connecting and laying pipelines in about 62 kilometers (about 38.53 mi) and replacement of 5500 water ties. Pure drinking water can be provided with proper pressure to a population of about 30 thousand.
