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“The Rs 305-crore project will begin in next month,” said Mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya. While the Centre will fund 35% of the project, the remaining 65% will be funded by the state government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The project will involve the construction of a parallel pipeline alongside the old pipeline.
“Of the total 24 km-stretch, 12 km will be laid in the trenchless way, while the remaining will be laid by cutting the road,” said Bhattacharya.
He added that at present, the city receives 356 million gallons water from Palta through the trunk pipeline. Of this, about 35% of the water is wasted due to leaks in the old pipeline. The project will take about 12 to 16 months to get completed. The KMC has few other projects lined up to check water problems. A new water treatment plant is coming up at Dhapa, while a 35 million gallon water plant is being constructed at Garden Reach.
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