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“No need to write to Centre, Karnataka on executing Hogenakkal project”

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Chief Minister says the project is proceeding as per schedule

Consultant will be finalised in July
Tenders to be floated in December

CHENNAI: There is no need for Tamil Nadu to write either to the Centre or to the Karnataka government on implementing the Hogenakkal drinking water project, which is proceeding on schedule, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi asserted on Wednesday.

The Rs.1,334-crore water supply and the fluorosis mitigation project will benefit 3 municipalities, 17 town panchayats and 6755 habitations in 18 unions of Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts.

Mr. Karunanidhi said the timeline of the project remained unchanged.

The first part of the work related to selecting a project management consultant. For this, tenders had already been called in February 2008 and the last date for submission was end of March 2008. The finalisation of the consultant would be done in July.

Project report

Following this, the detailed project report and bid documents would be prepared and these would be examined in October 2008.

In December this year, the tenders would be floated for the implementation of the scheme.

By March 2009, the government would award the contract for the project and it was expected to be completed by December 2012.

Mr. Karunanidhi recalled that earlier he had only said that the people in Tamil Nadu should remain calm since elections were on in Karnataka. Had there been an agitation during the time of elections, people in Karnataka, including Tamils, would have been affected.

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