Water supply connections of consumers will be metered soon as per the Raipur Smart City plans.
The process for Consumer Water Meter fittings is expected to commence soon, officials informed.
The Raipur Smart City Project is promising 24x7 water supply to the residents when ready.
Improvement and revamping of existing water supply , transmission and Distribution Network under ‘Mor Raipur City Center Area’ (MRCC) will be done through PPP model on DBOT basis , officials informed.
Currently, Raipur is supplied 277 MLD of water from various sources. The population of Raipur as per 2011 Census is 10,26,539. Considering current population as 12 lakh, the average per capita supply in Raipur is about 200 lpcd, supplied intermittently for a period of 2-3 hours per day mostly.
The MRCC area receives 11 MLD and its current population is about 67000. At present, water from 4 ESRs (Motibagh, Ganj, Deven Nagar, and Tank No.7 are serving the Area Based Developmnt (ABD) Area of Raipur.
The total number of house service connections in ABD area is around 6700, currently there are many types of losses in the Water Supply Distribution Network, which includes losses due to pilferages, leakages in lines etc.
The Smart City Proposals includes area based proposal for a particular area (Mor Raipur City Central or MRCC Area) which will be developed into a smart area, thereby improving liveability of the whole city (the “Area Based Development Project”).
The ABD area considered for retrofit and redevelopment model development is 777 acres. It is predominantly commercial with equal presence of wholesale and retail.
The area contains 3 significant water bodies, sports infrastructure, households, and a plethora of heritage areas too.
MRCC is envisaged as a transformational project converting the Raipur urban heart into a Clean, Connected, Cohesive and Credible Raipur; A project replicable in other parts of Raipur as well as other smart cities of the state.
The Government of Chhattisgarh has formed a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Raipur Smart City Limited (RSCL) to plan, design, implement, coordinate and monitor the smart city projects in Raipur. RSCL is an unlisted Public company incorporated on September 16, 2016 and is incorporated under Indian Companies Act 2013.
As a part of the Smart City Development, RSCL has decided to improve water supply situation in MRCC area through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) basis.
The main objectives are: To achieve 24x7 water supply in MRCC area or its part(s)-- To achieve adequate pressures in the system, to reduce NRW to less than 15%., quality of Water to be as per IS 10500., to implement smart Billing, Collection and SCADA System., Operation· & Maintenance of the total scheme for a period of 10 years.