BWSSB set to provide water to CMCs, TMC and the international airport

BWSSB set to provide water to CMCs, TMC and the international airport
New Indian Express

BANGALORE: The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all geared up to supply Cauvery water to seven City Municipal Councils (CMC) and a Town Municipal Council (TMC) on the outskirts of the City.

The Board has also undertaken initial measures to supply water to the new international airport at Devanahalli, where the ground work for the Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has begun.

“As part of the Greater Bangalore Water Supply Project, we will provide Cauvery water to 1.20 million people in the seven CMCs and a TMC,” BWSSB Chief Engineer (Projects) B M Basavaraju informedthis website’s newspaperon Tuesday.

The officer said the ground work had been started at all the local bodies except Mahadevapura.

“The Rs 340-crore project would be completed within a year and we will supply 135 MLD water every day,” he said.

Once operational, the project would be a great respite to people in Yelahanka, Mahadevapura, Bytarayanpura, K R Puram, Dasarahalli, Bommanhalli and Pattangere CMCs and Kengeri TMC. A majority of the people in these areas now depend either on surface water or borewell water.

The Greater Bangalore Water Supply Project, which is being implemented with financial assistance from the US Government and a number of local banks and corporate houses, is also expected to cover many new housing layouts that are coming up in the CMCs and TMC limits.

As for the new airport, the BWSSB has laid pipelines to carry four million litres a day (MLD) of water to the new international airport. The water will be supplied from the sewage treatment plant (STP) in Yelahanka.

As the airport authorities have asked for four MLD of water, the BWSSB has laid 300 mm pipes on a 18.6 km stretch. The work is behind completion by 600 metres.

The water supply will begin from this year and if required, the Board is prepared to supply Cauvery water to the airport