Water scheme cost touches Rs 460 crore

MANGALURU: Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has revised the detailed mission record (DPR) of the much-awaited 24x7 water provide scheme. The Jalasiri-Karnataka Integrated Water Management Investment Programme (KIWMIP) scheme was once deliberate to offer uninterrupted ingesting water to the city preserving in mind the population and water call for of 2046.
In fact, previous, the scheme was once deliberate to be carried out at an estimated value of Rs 390 crore under Phase II of ADB financing.

However, the city corporation has now prepared a brand new DPR through which the estimate value has gone up to Rs 460.83 crore.

In fact, the MCC council had held a distinct meeting to discuss about Jalasiri, which was once deliberate to be carried out at a value of Rs 390 crore on July 19, 2018. As per the DPR, the scheme implementation shall be on an function & maintenance type for eight years.

MCC council chief whip Shashidhar Hegde informed TOI that the estimate value has been increased for the reason that revised DPR contains a number of further plans.

“Several adjustments had been made to the DPR of the scheme, which is strengthening the distribution machine for the implementation of 24x7 water provide. Changes had been made as per the recommendation of a technical committee. Hence, the DPR authorized in July 2018 has been revised and a brand new DPR with an estimated value of Rs 460.83 crore has been followed by means of the council. The proposal shall be despatched to the government for approval, and the tender process may be commenced inside of two months,” said Hegde.

The city corporation has deliberate to readjust the variation amount in the course of the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC). People residing in 60 wards of the city corporation shall be getting ingesting water all through the year as soon as the Jalasiri scheme is carried out.


In the DPR prepared by means of GKW Consulting, the duty of operation and maintenance of the water provide machine shall be handed over to a contractor for eight years.


In addition to the laying of latest pipelines and parallel pipelines to present lines, the mission additionally ensures repair of roads damaged all through the work and transferring of software lines.


Once the brand new mission is completed, every house shall be hooked up with Class-B Multijet water meter, he said.


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