30-hr lengthy shutdown of water provide in Gurugram metropolis

Related

Share

Apr 03, 2025 06:04 AM IST

GMDA govt engineer, Abhinav Verma, stated that the brand new WTP has been constructed at a value of ₹70.20 crore and it’ll increase water provide within the metropolis to 100mld when totally operational

Gurugram: Water provide will stay erratic in giant elements of town on Monday and Tuesday because the Gurugram Metropolitan Growth Authority (GMDA) has deliberate a 30-hour- lengthy shutdown of provide to attach its newly constructed water therapy plant (WTP) with water pipelines at Chandu Budhera, GMDA officers stated.

The work of putting in the pipelines has begun however it should take the GMDA round 30 hours to fully join the newly constructed 100mld water therapy plant with the prevailing provide system. (HT PHOTO)

They stated they’ve already began the work of putting in the pipelines however it should take them round 30 hours to fully join the newly constructed 100mld water therapy plant with the prevailing provide system.

“It is informed that the work of connection of additional 100mld WTP Phase-IV to the existing 1600mm diameter pipeline at WTP Chandu Budhera by the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) will start from 11am on 7th April and is likely to be completed by 5pm on 8th April, due to which water supply will be completely stopped for 30 hours,” a press release issued by GMDA stated on Wednesday.

GMDA govt engineer, Abhinav Verma, stated that the brand new WTP has been constructed at a value of ₹70.20 crore and it’ll increase water provide within the metropolis to 100mld when totally operational. “It will start working in the next fifteen days after the initial testing and for connecting the pipelines we will have to shut supply on April 7 and April 8,” he added.

Because of the deliberate shutdown, Verma stated pipelines going in the direction of Outdated Gurugram will stay shut for round 30 hours and it’ll hit provide in areas akin to Sector 4, Sector 5, Sector 7, Sector 9, Sector 11 and 12, Sector 81 to 115, Dayanand Colony, Outdated Gurugram, Laxman Vihar and Choti Mata Boosting Station. The areas the place the water provide will stay shut on Monday for about 12 hours embody village Chandu and Dhankot, Sector 10, Sector 33, Sector 37D and 38, boosting station Sector 51 (Sector 42-74, village Badshahpur).

The brand new water therapy plant at Chandu Budhera will improve the therapy capability of the plant to 370mld as an alternative of the present 260mld, whereas the authority treats one other 300mld at its plant in Basai.

“Our installed capacity will now increase to 670mld and it will significantly help us in improving supply in tail end areas and also meet the demand during peak summer,” he stated.