30 crore water supply system for Berhampur City

BHUBANESWAR: State Government has decided to spend Rs 30 crore to improve the water supply system in Berhampur City. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting presided by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar. Longterm and short-term action plan for supplying water to the city were discussed at the meeting. Official sources maintained that as against a requirement of 50 million litre water daily, Berhampur gets 35 million litre now.It was decided that a water treatment plant will be set up in the city to improve the supply system. Besides, more areas will be connected with pipe lines. Naveen directed the officials to float tender for laying drinking water pipeline as early as possible. It has been targeted to supply 20 million litre water daily by the new pipelines. This will solve the problem of drinking water in the city to a large extent. Besides, work on the renovation of Dakhinapur water reservoir has been completed by the Water Resources Department. It was decided that the canals connecting the water reservoir will be renovated. This will lead to the augmentation of water holding capacity of the canals.Among others, Finance Minister Prafulla Chandra Ghadei, Minister of State for Urban Development Badrinarayan Patro, Chief Secretary TK Mishra and senior officials attended.
Courtesy: The New Indian Express