STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Around 1.27 lakh households will get 190 million litres of water per day from the JICA-funded South-Central Water Supply Project (Phase I) under the Guwahati Jal Board. The trial run of the project is underway.
This project was scheduled to be completed in 2014 but got delayed for various reasons.
The Satpukhuri Water Treatment Plant launched in 1930 with a capacity of supplying over 20 ML (million litres) per day and renovated in 1984 crossed its 30-year lifeline long back. The plant is obsolete now. Through this ageing plant, the civic body cannot meet the demand for water. After completion, the South-Central Water Supply Project (phase I) will cover the entire Gauhati East LAC and a portion of Dispur LAC.
After the South-Central Water Supply Project under Guwahati Jal Board becomes operative, the GMC will get relief and supply water in other areas.
A Jal Board official said, "We have already started our trial run in many areas. Households are applying online. Our engineers are working in the field. We can start supplying water to the households from next year."
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