Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Feb 11: Jalasiri Scheme, in order to supply modern technology-based drinking water to the residents of the city, is being implemented with the aid of ADB (Asian Development Bank) across 20 parts of the city.
Two huge, two-storey water storage tanks with a storage capacity of 10 lac liters will be constructed near Officers' Club of Ladyhill and at Bala. 35 cents land is identified to build storage tanks near Ladyhill. With the construction of this tank, the drinking water issues of the citizens of Chilimbi and Ashoknagar will be resolved. At Bala, the water storage tank is intended to be built on 75 cents land belonging to KUWSDB. Eight intermediate pumps will be constructed in different parts of the city in order to regulate continuous supply of drinking water to the residents of the city.
The proposed water storage tanks will be built near Nandigudda grounds, Udayanagara, Kodipadi, Nehru Maidan, Amritnagar at Tiruvailu, Shaktinagar (near the current GLSR), Maryhill (GLSR that is vacant now), Krishnapura (near government school), Morgans Gate (near Mangalore Club), Meenakaliya near Panambur, Cemetery at Kankanady Valencia, Kunjathbail, Santhoshnagar at Pacchanady, near NITK (near the tank that is already functioning), Nekkilagudda near Lohithnagara, Holyhill at Jayanagar, near J M Road at Bajal, Kana near Kulai, M V Shetty College near Kavoor and Kodikal.
Two water purifying plants will be set up at Thumbay. A new 20 MLD capacity water treatment plant and backwash treatment plant will be built at Ramalkatte near Thumbay vented dam. At present there are two water purifying plants of 80 MLD capacity that were built in 1971.
Huge amount of water is getting leaked at present when supplying water from Thumbay dam to the overhead tank. MCC officials failed to contain this leakage. Now it has been decided to install 181 bulk flow meters from Thumbay Jackwell to the overhead tank. This will help in tracking the exact areas of leakage. It will be assessed through the electronic device whether the same amount of water that is pumped from Thumbay reaches the overhead tank or not. Officials said that 96,300 water connections are identified in the city and there is an aim of upgrading the water distribution network also.