Taking into account the depleting ground water level, the Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning has prepared a detailed proposal for uninterrupted water supply for each house, keeping 2050 as target.
The proposal has been drafted considering the growing population of the State. As per the plan, the first phase of the proposal will be covered under AMRUT scheme while in the second phase; the State Government will provide the financial assistance.
The proposal was tabled on Wednesday during the meeting with the senior managerial team and officials of State Urban Development Agency (SUDA), Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company (JUIDCO) including the consultancy firms. Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Housing and Planning, Ajoy Kumar Singh instructed the officials to complete the tender procedure of the first phase within one week. Approximately, Rs. 267 crore will be spent in the first phase. A power point presentation of both phases was shown to the officials during the meeting.
Further, for the second phase, a transaction advisor will be appointed and then the tender process will be completed. Considering the long term goals, the project has been designed. Meanwhile, Singh instructed the officials to chalk out a few short term solutions as well to achieve the goal for uninterrupted water supply especially for Ranchi and Dhanbad districts. Also, the Secretary directed the officials to review the project report of the Department of Water Supply and Sanitation as it contains vital inputs regarding water supply.
The officials ordered to complete the tender work of Adityapur and Hazaribagh Water Supply projects on or before September 4. As per the instructions, the tender work in Ranchi should be completed by November 2018.
Soon the project will be extended to other cities under Public Private Partnership (PPP mode).
The Secretary has also directed the resource persons to focus on ABD integrated development project around major cities — Ranchi, Dhanbad and Deogarh for creation of utility ducks. Under the inclusive scheme, 100 km in Ranchi and Dhanbad and about 50 Km in Deogarh will be covered under the utility duck plan.