Trials begin for Ujani-Solapur water pipeline project
Kolhapur: Trials have started for the Rs842 crore Ujani-Solapur parallel water pipeline project, after is recent completion.
Solapur city, with a population of 12 lakhs, suffers from chronic water scarcity.
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The city sources water from the Ujani Dam, located 80 km from the city, and from the Hipparga barrage.
Most of the water is supplied from the dam.
The water is released into the Bhima river and is pumped from the pumping stations. However, after the water is released for the city, it is lost for irrigation and percolates—around 30-40% of the water is lost in this way. The city will receive water from double-parallel pipelines directly from the dam to the city.
Solapur city is included in the Smart City project, through which the centre sanctioned funds for the pipeline project, with some funds from the National Thermal Power Corporation and the state govt, in which 30% of the share will be from the Solapur Municipal Corporation.
Vyankatesh Choube, technical officer of the smart city project, said, "The infrastructural works are complete. The trials have started, which will soon be completed, and the water supply project will be commissioned."
Asim Gupta, principal secretary of the urban development department, will visit the project sites on Thursday.
He will then hold a meeting of the Solapur City Development Corporation at the municipal corporation building. After taking stock of the project, the date for the inauguration of the project will be announced.
Solapur city requires 250 million litres of water every day. The water treatment plant (WTP) with a capacity of 60 MLD will be constructed as part of the project. The pipeline project has a capacity of 170 MLD, and the rest will be arranged through other sources.
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