Governor calls meeting over
augmentation of water supply scheme
Vinay Kumar
Chandigarh
Sh.
V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and the Administrator U.T. Chandigarh
called a meeting today to discuss the commissioning of augmentation of
water supply scheme Chandigarh Phase V & VI. The meeting was
attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. Arun
Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home U.T., Sh. Venu Prasad,
IAS, Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Punjab,
Sh. J.M. Balamurugan, IAS, Principal Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. K.K
Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, Sh. Ajoy Sharma,
IAS, C.A. GMADA, Sh. Karan Singh, ADRM (Ambala) Sh. Manoj Bansal
Chief Engineer M.C., Sh. Sunil Kansal, Chief Engineer GMADA and Sh. Bajrang
Goel, Senior Divisional Engineer , Railway ( Ambala). During the
meeting, the Commissioner, MCC Sh. K.K. Yadav, explained
that the work of augmentation of Kajauli Water Supply
Scheme against phase V & VI to bring 35 MGD of raw
water to the city Chandigarh is nearing
completion. After the commissioning of this scheme Chandigarh
will get 29 mgd additional water while Panchkula
and Chandimandir cantonment each will get 3 mgd additional
water.The Commissioner said that the work from Kajauli upto Jandpur has
been carried out by GMADA as a deposit work for Municipal Corporation,
Chandigarh. The total estimated cost for the project is approx. Rs. 200
crore, out of which 50% cost amounting to Rs. 98.00 crore was deposited by
the M.C.Chandigarh with GMADA in the year 2015.He explained that the
pumping station work at village Jandpur to Sector – 39 Water works
Chandigarh has been executed by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh on
a piece of land measuring 2 acres which has already been
acquired by GMADA. Payment of Rs. 3.00 crore has been paid to
GMADA for this piece of land. 1500 mm dia pipeline of
length 6 kms has been laid from Jandpur to Water Work Sector – 39,
Chandigarh. 2200 mm i/d MS pipe of 22 kms
has been laid by GMADA from Kajauli to Jandpur. In this
alignment two railway tracks have been crossed for laying the
pipeline from Kajauli to Jandpur. One at village Marauli (Punjab)
and second near new railway station Morinda (Punjab).The Commissioner
further told that the work of laying of pipeline under railway tracks has been
done by the Railway Department under the office of Divisional Railway
Manager (DRM) Ambala as a deposit work of GMADA. The
GMADA has deposited Rs. 3.9 crore to railways for these two nos.
crossings. After the completion of work, GMADA started the trial run
of pumping of water from Kajauli but it was observed that the pipeline
laid by Railway Department under the railway track near
village Marauli (Punjab) has leaked and the joints have
opened. Due to these leakages, the water could not be pumped from
Kajauli, he explained. ADRM
(Additional Divisional Railway Manager) Sh. Karan Singh, explained
that he has visited the site today alongwith Railway,
GMADA and MCC engineers. He assured that the work of
repair of line will be completed by 10 days. The Governor
of Punjab and Administrator U.T. Chandigarh directed the
railway authorities to complete the work of repair of pipeline within
the time as promised by them as the residents are suffering from
shortage of water supply. He also directed them to check other
joints so that possibility of leakage be avoided in other
joints. He expressed his concern about the repair work’s future
sustainability also. He directed that this repair work should be strong
enough to avoid any future problems. He also directed GMADA and MCC
Engineers to regularly co-ordinate with railway authorities so as to
ensure early completion of work. A team has been constituted
under the chairmanship of Divisional Railway Manager Ambala including
Additional DRM, Senior Divisional Engineer Ambala, Chief Engineer,
GMADA and Chief Engineer M.C. as members to monitor the progress of work on day
to day basis. DRM (Ambala) will submit daily report regarding
progress of work to the Governor.
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