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• ‘Tenders called for survey on creating storage space’
• Project aims to supply 24 tmcft water to city
• Consultancy expected to submit report in six months
VISAKHAPATNAM: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation is likely to finalise a consultant soon for a survey for creating storage capacity for the water from the Polavaram (Indirasagar) Left Main Canal that is part of the multi-purpose Polavaram project.
“Tenders have been called for the survey on creating the storage space. There are a number of issues involved. We do not know whether government land is available or not. Depending upon the need private land is to be acquired,” Municipal Commissioner B. Sridhar told The Hindu on Tuesday.
The Polavaram LMC is intended to provide 24 tmc ft of water to the city for its domestic and industrial needs. Since the irrigation canal will be closed for six months and water is to be drawn from the floodwater of Godavari, creation of storage capacity for 13 tmc ft is required to make the best use of it.
Depending upon depth, to store 1 tmc ft of water 1,000 acres to 1,500 acres of land is required. The LMC runs for a stretch of 70 km in the district and one of the packages in it includes 20 km of Yeleru canal that brings water to the city from the Godavari.
With the project getting all the required clearances, the LMC is scheduled for completion by 2012.
“We will expedite the process (for creating storage),” Mr. Sridhar adds.
“The final approval for deciding upon the consultant has to be given by the Visakhapatnam Industrial Water Supply Company (VIWSCO) at its board meeting,” said GVMC Chief Engineer B. Jayarami Reddy.
The consultancy will survey a 150 km stretch and it is expected to submit its detailed project reports in six months.
He said that if land was not available within the district, it would be considered in the other districts.
The GVMC Commissioner is the Chairman of VIWSCO. He is also the convener of the Task Force on the utilisation of Godavari water while the District Collector is its Chairman.
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