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New projects under JNNURM for Kanpur and Varanasi
	15:50 IST

The 59TH Meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) under the Chairmanship of Dr. M. Ramachandran, Secretary Urban Development approved new projects under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). For Kanpur and Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Kanpur: Comprehensive 210 MLD sewerage treatment for old city area of Kanpur has been approved by CSMC with Project cost of Rs 101.0045 cr out of which Government of India will bear Rs.50.0073 crore (50%). First installment of Central Assistance to the tune of Rs. 1250.18 lakhs 25% of the total Central assistance has been recommended by the committee. The project will provide Sewerage facility in Kanpur city in Comprehensive manner and to collect, convey and treat the sewage as per PCB standard. This project will cater to the present population of 32 lakhs of Kanpur city, the largest commercial centre in U.P., which is located on the river Ganga and currently discharges 426 MLD sewage against which the installed capacity for sewage treatment in the city currently is 162 MLD. Out of 23 nalas in Kanpur, 19 nalas have been intercepted. The earlier approved sewerage project under JNNURM has already been taken up for sewerage District -I for which gravity sewerage network of 69 kms, rising main of 6 kms, renovation of 11 existing sewage pumping stations, construction of 1 new sewage pumping station, renovation of 3 existing STP’s and construction of one 15MLD STP for District III and 43 MLD STP for District -I is underway. At present under Ganga Action Plan Phase-II, relieving sewers for Bakarmandi to Rakhimandi of 4.3 kms, tapping of Ganda nala and Halwa Khanda nala 30 MLD, trunk sewer along COD nala along with intermediate pumping stations at Munshipurwa 74MLD, Rakhimandi 96MLD and main pumping station for 200 MLD are in progress and are likely to be completed by 2009. There is hence a need to provide a sewage treatment facility otherwise this network would keep polluting the river Ganges despite investments made in constructing the sewage network. The project under JNNURM will utilize this existing gravity sewerage network under construction and the intermediate pumping stations at Rakhimandi, Munshipurwa and Ganda nala will pump the combined sewage to the main pumping station at Bingawan through trunk sewer along COD nala which will be treated in the two modular units of 105MLD each. Necessary land of 56 hectares for STP has already been acquired by the Municipal Corporation for this purpose. This will benefit District II which discharges 210 MLD but does not have any treatment capacity at present. The remaining four nalas that were not tapped earlier – Sisamau nala, Ganda nala, Halwa khanda nala and COD nala will be now tapped under this project. DPR for remaining area of sewerage for District -II is under preparation so that an integrated sewerage system of both STP as well as network would be ready in 30 months by Feb’2011. Samples of waste water would be taken every 24 hours and design of the STP would be based on the techno-economic considerations and quality of effluent shall meet the CPCB/State Pollution Control norms on D.O. and B.O.D. levels. The pollution load on Pandu river which ultimately meets the Ganga 20 kms downstream will be reduced by this project leading to a significant improvement in the quality of water in the Ganga. State Govt. will also provide an independent roster free dedicated electricity line for the STP to function 24x7 on a continuous basis. Municipal byelaws will have mandatory provisions for connections to the sewerage network from the latrines and there will be no dry latrines in the city. Kanpur Municipal Corporation would however rework the financial viability in terms of the revenue streams and the expenditure streams so that the project’s financial viability is ensured as the number of households have increased from 2.37 lakhs to 4.36 lakhs as a result of a fresh survey of properties in the city which could be used for levying sewerage user charges. Varanasi: The CSMC also approved Water supply Part-II in Cis-Varuna area with project cost of Rs 86.10 cr. Centre has allocated Rs 43.05 cr which is (50%) of the total project cost. First installment of Rs. 10.76 crores 25% of total Central Assistance has been approved. Varanasi city’s current population of 16 lakhs comprising 2.37 lakh households having 1.11 lakh house service water supply connections would be benefited under this project. Part-I of this water supply project was sanctioned under JNNURM and is under implementation. It comprised of repair and renovation, replacement of raw water pumps and installation of a substation at Bhadaini intake water works on the banks of the Ganga constructed in 1892; raw water transmission line for 1.8 kms; Bhelupur treatment plant repair and augmentation of WTP, replacement of clear water pumps and substation; Clear water transmission system for 23.02 kms; service reservoir having 27 CWR’s, 17 OHT’s, 84 booster pumps, 51.5kms independent electric feeder; zonal pumping station repairs and SCADA systems for controlling the supply of water; leak detection equipment and magnetic flow meters. The approved project will utilize this augmented facility from the earlier project using the raw water intake and treatment for distribution networks of 466.275 kms and 31,000 water meters which will be installed across the cis-Varuna area. This will replace the existing pipelines that are over 50 to 100 years old and are damaged causing water losses of over 30%. This project will lead to an integrated approach and a comprehensive water supply system capable of fulfilling the needs of this part of the old city for the next 30 years and also reduce the dependence on deep tube wells for water supply many of which are completing their useful life. The Non-revenue water in the system will be reduced to 15% from the existing 35% and it is envisaged that there will be a pressure of 10 m at the tail end of the distribution network. Municipal Corporation Varanasi has committed to provide metered house connections so that the present flat rate basis of tariffs would be changed to volumetric based water tariff by 2010 when the project is completed in a period of 24 months. TFK/MT