Vijayapura: A new 10.8-km pipeline costing Rs 52 crore will soon replace the existing, damaged pipeline supplying drinking water from the Alamatti dam backwaters to Vijayapura city.
Vijayapura district in-charge minister, M.B. Patil, announced this following a progress review meeting with officials on Wednesday. The meeting held in Bengaluru was attended virtually by the Vijayapura deputy commissioner and Zilla panchayat CEO and focused on drinking water projects for Vijayapura city and several district taluks.
The city currently receives water from Kolhara, situated 43 km away, but a 10.8 km segment of the supply pipeline has been damaged over the years, causing significant water leakage. Despite prior attempts to address this issue, a comprehensive solution has not been implemented until now.
“Initially estimated at Rs 32 crore, the project’s cost was revised to Rs 52 crore due to delay. The revised estimate has now received approval from the finance department,” Patil said.
In addition, as part of the third phase of the Vijayapura city drinking water supply project, a jack well needs to be constructed near Rambhapuri in the Alamatti backwaters. This will have a water purification capacity of 111 million litres. An amount of Rs 1.36 crore will be allocated to prepare the detailed project report for this unit. He instructed officials to commence the work immediately.
Meanwhile, there are plans to increase the daily drinking water supply for residents of Babaleshwara and Tikota towns in Vijayapura district, which were recently elevated to town panchayats, from the current 55 LPCD (litres per capita per day) to 135 LPCD. The minister directed officials to coordinate with the Urban Water Supply and Sewage Board for this initiative.
In the Vijayapura district, Amrit 2.0 project works are at various stages in Chadachan, Alamel, Muddebihal, Nalatwad, Sindagi, and Talikote. Additionally, tenders have been invited for the construction of water supply networks in Muddebihal (Rs 17.45 crore), Sindagi (Rs 26.53 crore), and Basavana Bagewadi (Rs 14.58 crore) towns, and these will soon be finalised.
