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Water Crisis: City May Face Water Crisis As Colonies Are Regularised | Jaipur News
Jaipur: With the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) issuing rampant pattas to colonies which are being regularised, there are apprehensions that the city may face severe water crisis in the next few years if the public health and engineering department (PHED) had to supply Bisalpur water to all these colonies.
Officials claimed, the only solution to this problem is the implementation of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) that would extend the supply of Bisalpur water to Jaipur to a great extent.
“Under the Bisalpur II project, we can add a maximum of 216 MLD additional water from Bisalpur to Jaipur. The 816 MLD water is not enough to cater to all the regularised colonies of Jaipur at present. Only ERCP can sort out the crisis,” said a PHED official.
In the last two years, the JDA had regularised more than 1,500 colonies in Jaipur and has earned a mammoth revenue of Rs 330 crore. With this, at present there are more than 6,000 regularised colonies in the city.
With residents of most colonies, after getting regularised, knocking at PHED’s door for Bisalpur water the engineers of the department are worried over how they would be able to cater to such a huge population.
Engineers claimed, under the Bisalpur II project, PHED would provide Bisalpur water to around 3,000 new colonies. In addition, PHED will also provide new connections to new buildings of the old localities and colonies. Then, with the notification of the Highrise Water Scheme, residential complexes of Jaipur would start getting Bisalpur water.
“In no way, we can provide water to all residents of all the regularized colonies in Jaipur at present. We can wait till the implementation of ERCP. Under ERCP Jaipur would get an additional share of more than 300 MLD water from Bisalpur,” another PHED officials added.
To bring in additional water from Bisalpur—after ERCP gets implemented—PHED needs to set up infrastructure, including a new pipeline.
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Officials claimed, the only solution to this problem is the implementation of Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) that would extend the supply of Bisalpur water to Jaipur to a great extent.
“Under the Bisalpur II project, we can add a maximum of 216 MLD additional water from Bisalpur to Jaipur. The 816 MLD water is not enough to cater to all the regularised colonies of Jaipur at present. Only ERCP can sort out the crisis,” said a PHED official.
In the last two years, the JDA had regularised more than 1,500 colonies in Jaipur and has earned a mammoth revenue of Rs 330 crore. With this, at present there are more than 6,000 regularised colonies in the city.
With residents of most colonies, after getting regularised, knocking at PHED’s door for Bisalpur water the engineers of the department are worried over how they would be able to cater to such a huge population.
Engineers claimed, under the Bisalpur II project, PHED would provide Bisalpur water to around 3,000 new colonies. In addition, PHED will also provide new connections to new buildings of the old localities and colonies. Then, with the notification of the Highrise Water Scheme, residential complexes of Jaipur would start getting Bisalpur water.
“In no way, we can provide water to all residents of all the regularized colonies in Jaipur at present. We can wait till the implementation of ERCP. Under ERCP Jaipur would get an additional share of more than 300 MLD water from Bisalpur,” another PHED officials added.
To bring in additional water from Bisalpur—after ERCP gets implemented—PHED needs to set up infrastructure, including a new pipeline.
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Residents of five wards in Madurai are facing a shortage of drinking water supply. The areas in Madurai West zone receive intermittent water supply due to the short supply by the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board. The issue of valve operators diverting water to certain wards has been reported to the mayor and commissioner. There is also a shortage in the Vaigai water supply scheme. The overall water requirement in the city is 242 MLD, and there is a deficit of about 75 MLD. However, an additional 125 MLD is expected to come from the upcoming Mullaperiyar scheme, which will ease water scarcity in the city.
Voters relocating from central Delhi colonies asked to update address
The office of the chief electoral officer of Delhi has urged affected people to get their names included in the electoral roll of their new residence. The summary revision exercise of the electoral roll ends on December 9, and people are asked to fill up Form-8 to change their address. This revision is carried out annually to update and purify the electoral roll. Several government colonies and residential buildings have been relocated, and registered voters are requested to register themselves at their new place of residence by filing Form-8.
The office of the chief electoral officer of Delhi has urged affected people to get their names included in the electoral roll of their new residence. The summary revision exercise of the electoral roll ends on December 9, and people are asked to fill up Form-8 to change their address. This revision is carried out annually to update and purify the electoral roll. Several government colonies and residential buildings have been relocated, and registered voters are requested to register themselves at their new place of residence by filing Form-8.
