Mayor B. Y. Ramaiah and Municipal Commissioner D.K. Balaji on Monday night announced that the State government had given the administrative sanction for the execution of a ₹82 crore project to bring drinking water from the Sunkesula Reservoir to the city.
At a press conference here, the Mayor said it was a great achievement for the new Council to get this project for the city, which would very soon be the Judicial Capital of the State. “We as such have a scarcity of water to serve the far-flung areas of the city and this project will come in handy,” he added.
Mr. Balaji said the State government had modified the ₹50.43 estimate for a similar scheme with administrative sanction in under G.O. Ms. No. 323, MA&UD (UBS) Department, of August 29, 2017, and issued G.O. No.266 dated June 7 (Monday) sanctioning ₹82 crore as the project estimate. A 23-km pipeline will be laid from the Sunkesula Reservoir to the Summer Storage Tank in the city.
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The project will be called the Kurnool Municipal Corporation’s ‘Water Supply Improvement Scheme’ under AMRUT scheme. The project will be executed under AMRUT 2016-20 with the Centre bearing ₹14.32 cr., the State government ₹5.66 crore, and the Kurnool Municipal Corporation raising ₹62.02 crore under the revised funding pattern for the operation and maintenance of the scheme for seven years, including two years of defect liability period, Mr. Balaji added.