24x7 water supply scheme to cover 10,000 households

Visakhapatnam | Saturday | 15th September, 2018

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more-inThe round-the-clock water supply scheme proposed as part of the Area Based Development (ABD) under the Smart City initiative will cover around 10,000 households and other establishments. However, it may be noted that attempts to ensure 24x7 water supply at Muralinagar, Daspalla Hills and Sagarnagar were either short-lived or did not take off at all. The 24x7 water supply is among the major schemes being undertaken as part of the Smart City initiatives and Chief Minister N.

Chandrababu Naidu laid stone for the ? 86 crore project last month. New reservoirAround 1,650 acres under ABD scheme covers the stretches from Siripuram to Beach Road, Peda Waltair, China Waltair and Visakhapatnam Eye Hospital to Beach Road. “To augment the water supply to the pipelines in additional areas, a new reservoir will come up in the place of the 2600 KL distribution reservoir near the Municipal Commissioner’s residence..