KOCHI: After postponing the commissioning of 100 million litres a day (MLD) drinking water project many a time, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) is now planning to commission the project with half its capacity. The KWA has decided to supply only 50 MLD after the railways failed to give permission to lay a pipeline under the road at the Aroor rail under bridge (RUB).
This would in turn affect residents of Kumbalanghi, Chellanam, Fort Kochi and Mattancherry in west Kochi, the major beneficiaries of the project, who would now have to continue their wait for the essential supply. "We plan to commission the project by the month-end. We will first supplying water to Kumbalam panchayat and Maradu municipality," said R Jayachandran, executive engineer, KWA.
"We hope to supply to areas such as Kumbalanghi, Chellanam, and Mattancherry within three months after completing the laying of the pipeline under the road at Aroor RUB. We will then be able to supply to our 100 MLD capacity," he said.
"The railways has not yet given us the permission to lay the pipeline at Aroor RUB. We have to only lay about 40 metres of pipe under the road," Jayachandran said. The KWA has completed all work, including laying the pipeline along the 22-km stretch from Pazhoor near Muvattupuzha to Maradu and the construction of the treatment plant at Maradu.
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Sunday, 18 May 2014
NMC notice to OCW over delays in water works
NAGPUR: Mayor Anil Sole has directed municipal commissioner Shyam Wardhane to issue a show cause notice to Orange City Water for failing to start construction of a water tank in Killa area of Mahal. "Due to the delay, people in Mahal area are getting very low pressure supply," Sole said at Thursday's review meeting of Nagpur Environmental Services Limited, the special purpose vehicle formed to monitor city's ambitious 24X7 water project.
The meeting discussed various water related issues, like low pressure water supply in Central Nagpur due to disruption in valve operation at Boriyapura Main Feeder tank. Wardhane assured to convene a meeting of people's representatives and residents to speed up work of household connections in Central Nagpur. He also directed NESL to take action against OCW if it fails to ensure proper supply of water through tankers in network areas where water crisis is being reported.
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The meeting discussed various water related issues, like low pressure water supply in Central Nagpur due to disruption in valve operation at Boriyapura Main Feeder tank. Wardhane assured to convene a meeting of people's representatives and residents to speed up work of household connections in Central Nagpur. He also directed NESL to take action against OCW if it fails to ensure proper supply of water through tankers in network areas where water crisis is being reported.
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PUNE: Pimpri Chinchwad has over 4,200 unmetered water connections belonging to former corporators, educational institutions, cooperative banks, commercial establishments among others, stated the municipal corporation in response to a RTI query.
Social activist Vitthal Vinod had sought information about unmetered water connections and also the recovery of water tax in the past three years. Apart from the 4,200 unmetered residential connections, there are 94 unmetered commercial water connections in the city, Vinod said. He demanded that municipal commissioner Rajeev Jadhav take this up.
In Pimpri Chinchwad, there are a total of 1,39,421 water connections. The performance of the water supply department in recovering arrears and current demand has also been poor. The water tax dues have been going up every year.
City engineer MT Kamble pointed out that in 2007 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the civic body had started installing water meters. "Over 1.4 lakh water meters were installed till 2010. But people complained of exorbitant bills and did not pay their bills due to which the collection of water tax was low initially. The civic body then implemented the amnesty scheme to reduce the grievances and encourage people to pay taxes. As a result the collection of water tax and recovery of arrears has increased significantly," he said.
He added that one and a half years around 22,000 water connections without meters found in the municipal limits. "We have installed water meters on 17,700 connections and started collecting water tax as per the meter readings. Now only around 4,200 unmetered connections are remaining where we will install water meters in the next three months and start collecting water tax," said Kamble.
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Social activist Vitthal Vinod had sought information about unmetered water connections and also the recovery of water tax in the past three years. Apart from the 4,200 unmetered residential connections, there are 94 unmetered commercial water connections in the city, Vinod said. He demanded that municipal commissioner Rajeev Jadhav take this up.
In Pimpri Chinchwad, there are a total of 1,39,421 water connections. The performance of the water supply department in recovering arrears and current demand has also been poor. The water tax dues have been going up every year.
City engineer MT Kamble pointed out that in 2007 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the civic body had started installing water meters. "Over 1.4 lakh water meters were installed till 2010. But people complained of exorbitant bills and did not pay their bills due to which the collection of water tax was low initially. The civic body then implemented the amnesty scheme to reduce the grievances and encourage people to pay taxes. As a result the collection of water tax and recovery of arrears has increased significantly," he said.
He added that one and a half years around 22,000 water connections without meters found in the municipal limits. "We have installed water meters on 17,700 connections and started collecting water tax as per the meter readings. Now only around 4,200 unmetered connections are remaining where we will install water meters in the next three months and start collecting water tax," said Kamble.
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Traces of cyanide found in packaged drinking water
PUNE: Traces of cyanide, a powerful poison and chemical contaminant, have been found in packaged drinking water during a routine exercise of the Food and Drugs Administration to check samples. This is the first time cyanide has been found in packaged drinking water in the state.
The FDA had collected the samples from two plants located in Jalna and Parbhani districts. The samples were tested at FDA's referral laboratory that confirmed the presence of cyanide in unsafe proportion, following which the body filed an FIR against both the plant owners.
Officials said they will now move court against the plant owners for violating norms of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, there should be no trace of cyanide in packaged drinking water. Both the plants have been closed down after FDA issued temporary prohibitory orders.
The major source of cyanide in drinking water is discharge from industrial chemical factories. People who drink water containing cyanide for many years could experience nerve damage or problems with their thyroid.
FDA officials had picked up samples of bottled water from the packaged water plant located in Ner village in Jalna district as part of a routine check. They sent the samples to Pune-based State Public Health Laboratory for testing, which found it unsafe for human consumption as it had rod-shaped bacteria called coliform in high proportion.
When the plant owner was informed about the negative test results, he rejected it and asked the officials to reconfirm the results with the government's referral laboratory in Ghaziabad. Officials then sent another bottled water sample drawn from the same plant in the prescribed format to this laboratory. The referral laboratory cited the presence of cyanide about a month and a half ago.
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The FDA had collected the samples from two plants located in Jalna and Parbhani districts. The samples were tested at FDA's referral laboratory that confirmed the presence of cyanide in unsafe proportion, following which the body filed an FIR against both the plant owners.
Officials said they will now move court against the plant owners for violating norms of Food Safety and Standards Act 2006, there should be no trace of cyanide in packaged drinking water. Both the plants have been closed down after FDA issued temporary prohibitory orders.
The major source of cyanide in drinking water is discharge from industrial chemical factories. People who drink water containing cyanide for many years could experience nerve damage or problems with their thyroid.
FDA officials had picked up samples of bottled water from the packaged water plant located in Ner village in Jalna district as part of a routine check. They sent the samples to Pune-based State Public Health Laboratory for testing, which found it unsafe for human consumption as it had rod-shaped bacteria called coliform in high proportion.
When the plant owner was informed about the negative test results, he rejected it and asked the officials to reconfirm the results with the government's referral laboratory in Ghaziabad. Officials then sent another bottled water sample drawn from the same plant in the prescribed format to this laboratory. The referral laboratory cited the presence of cyanide about a month and a half ago.
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