Telangana To Spend Rs 21,000 Cr On Strengthening Water Supply Under AMRUT Mission

To strengthen the water supply service in 81 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) across the state, the

Telangana government plans to spend Rs 21,000 crore as a part of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0. The project aims at providing every household with access to a tap with a guaranteed supply of water and a sewer connection. 

The water supply project will be implemented through eight different packages with an estimated cost of Rs 2,110 crore. The work comprises components like the construction of  Elevated Level Service Reservoir (ELSRs), Ground Level Service Reservoir (GLSRs), Over Head Service Reservoirs (OHSRs), Ground Level Balancing Reservoir (GLBRs), Elevated Ground Level Balancing Reservoir (ELBRs), sumps, pump houses, etc.

The Telangana Public Health and Municipal Engineering Department has already invited bids for the works. The deadline for completion of the project is about two years and the defect liability period will be five years.

As per information, Package-I covers 10 ULBs -- Khanapur, Nirmal, Luxettipet, Naspur, Chennur, Kyathanpally, Mancherial, Bellampalle, Mandamarri and Adilabad and costs Rs 357.31 crore. Package II covers Karimnagar, Sircilla, Manthani, Peddapalli, Vemulawada, Raikal, Dharmapuri, Jagitiyal, Korutla, Metpally, Choppadandi, Kothapally, Jammikunta, Huzurabad and Sulthanabad and costs Rs 410.65 crore .

Package III which costs Rs 91.21 crore covers Wardhannapet, Narsampet, Parkal, Jangaon and Bhupalpally. Package IV costs Rs 226.64 crore and covers Wyra, Madhira,  Sathupally, Dornakal, Marripeda, Thorruru, Mahabubabad, Kothagudem and Manuguru.

Package V will be of Rs 280.63 crore and will cover 15 ULBs of Alampur, Waddepalle, Gadwal, Kosgi, Makthal, Narayanpet, Bhootpur, Jadcherla, Atmakur, Amarchinta, Kothakota, Pebbair, Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool and Kalwakurthy. Package VI costing Rs 367.06 crore covers Banswada, Yellareddy, Kamareddy, Bheemgal, Bodhan, Armoor and Nizamabad.

Package VII costing Rs 222.70 crore covers Narsapur, Thoopran, Ramayampet, Medak, Narayankhed, Sangareddy, Zaheerabad, Sadasivpet, Cherial, Gajwel and Siddipet. Package VIII which costs Rs 153.53 crore covers nine ULBs of Medchal, Kodangal, Parigi, Vikarabad, Tandur, Shankarpally, Amangal, Kothur and Shadnagar. Under AMRUT 2.0 every household has to be covered with a tap connection and hence the coverage benchmark is 100 percent.

For a period of five years from the date of commissioning, the chosen agencies will also be in charge of the city-level operation and maintenance of the ULB's water supply scheme, which includes both existing and newly added infrastructure.