Ghaziabad: The UP Jal Nigam has prepared a detailed project report for providing Ganga water to Khoda, billed as Asia’s largest urban slum, and has estimated a cost of Rs 127 core to develop the network.Squeezed between Delhi and Ghaziabad, Khoda is a 12sqkm colony and among the most densely populated areas in the country. It lacks basic amenities like drinking water, and was ranked among the 10 dirtiest municipal areas in the Swachh survey for this year.“We have submitted for approval a DPR of Rs 127 crore to supply Ganga water to Khoda from the Pratap Vihar water treatment plant,” said a UP Jal Nigam official. “According to the plan, a 164km water network will be laid across Khoda’s 2,000 lanes and 10 cusec water will be supplied to residents daily,” the official added. The DPR says four underground reservoirs, each of 200sqm, will also be set up for storing the water.Khoda municipality’s executive officer, KK Bhadana, said if the state government approved the project report, the colony could get Ganga water by the year-end. “It will take three months for laying the pipelines and another one month for testing. We hope that if things go according to the plan, we will be in a position to start water supply to Khoda by this December,” her said.

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