Malkajgiri water scheme to cost Rs. 339 crore.

The newly inaugurated comprehensive water supply scheme for the Malkajgiri circle in the city has been sanctioned at a cost of Rs. 339.5 crore under the World Bank project (municipal development project). Under it, storage reservoirs, pump houses, inlet mains, outlet mains and a distribution network will be laid, covering the entire area of Malkajgiri.

Under the project, pump houses will be set up at Defence colony, Vajpayee Nagar, Moula Ali, Sainikpuri, Sainathpuram and Gautam Nagar. It is expected to be completed in the next 18 months. The inlet-outlet mains and distribution package, being taken up as one project, will cost Rs. 200 crore, and would be completed in two years.


THE HINDU