HYDERABAD: The second phase works of the Krishna Drinking Water Supply Project to the twin cities are likely to be completed in another 10 days, bringing in an additional 90 million gallons of water per day. Barely four km of pipeline length remains to be laid.

The first phase was already yielding 90 million gallons per day and the fresh arrivals would shore up the Krishna water supply to 180 MGD, making it the mainstay of drinking water supply for the State capital.

While the first phase works took about two years for completion, the second phase works were much faster taking just about a year for completion. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy launched the works last October.

Four packages

The Rs. 1,080-crore project was divided into four packages along the 110 km Hyderabad-Nagarjunasagar State highway and pipelines were laid for a length of 106 km. "With just a few more kilometre-length of pipeline works left, we will be completing the works very shortly," the Director, Projects, HMWSSB, V. Jambul Reddy, said here on Wednesday.

The following is the status of pipeline works on the four packages:

Sahebnagar-Gunagal - of the total length of 32 km, works completed to a length of 30.20 km; Gunagal-Godakandla - 20.04 km - 19.43 km; Godakoondla-Nasarlapally - 24.18 km - 23.5 km and Nasrlapally-Kodandapur - 34.5 km - 32 km.

Trial next month

He said works on the pumphouses, reservoirs and treatment plants en route were also nearing completion and the system should be in place by mid-October after a trial run. Simultaneously, the water board was also readying the city water supply distribution network to take the additional volume of water. Towards that end, several trunk mains and new pipelines including the crucial 42 km Sahebnagar-Lingampally, Sahebnagar-Malkajgiri, Adikmet-Tarnaka lines were also being laid.

Further, the board was also building 20 new reservoirs at a cost of Rs. 80 crores as the existing 30-odd reservoirs were inadequate. Last week, the Centre agreed in principle to fund 13 new reservoirs of 100 million litres day capacity under the Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission.

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