AP News The Hussainsagar And Catchment Area Improvement Project
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The work on the mega project of the Hussainsagar and catchment area improvement project has now moved from drawing board stage to execution stage with the HUDA inviting pre-qualification applications from prospective bidders in an international competitive bidding.
The Rs.300-crore project involving construction of new tertiary-level sewage treatment plants (STP), upgrading existing STPs, laying trunk sewers to collect sewage from various nalas emptying untreated sewage into the lake, dredging of lakebed to rid it of toxins and improvement and beautification of shoreline is being funded by the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). The first step in the project will be construction of a 30 MLD STP at Picket Nala for which tender notice for pre-qualification bids was issued recently. The last date for receiving applications is June 20. The design and Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the STP is ready, according to Executive Director of HUDA K.S. Reddy. After short-listing the suitable firms, bidding documents for the STP based on JBIC guidelines would be provided and then financial bids would be invited from the short-listed companies for awarding the contract. "It will take three months for the commencement of the work on the STP," he said. The JBIC known for its time-consuming but meticulous planning and evaluation of project before extending funding has selected Tokyo-based firm NJS as the project management consultant. The firm had already opened its office in the city. The 20 MLD secondary-level STP at Khairatabad flyover would also be upgraded into a tertiary-level to drastically reduce the presence of nitrates and phosphates in the sewage. The survey for laying of trunk sewers in Picket and Kukatpally nalas and diversion channel for excess sewage had been on, he disclosed. Besides Picket and Khairatabad STPs that would handle 50 MLD sewage, smaller STPs of 5 to 8 MLD capacity would be constructed at Hasmathpet lake in Alwal Municipality and Rangadhamuni and Yellamma tanks in Kukatpally for which DPRs are under preparation and tenders would be called shortly, Mr. Reddy said. The restoration of the Hussainsagar — constructed during Nizam's time to serve as the drinking water resource for the city — was not merely for cleaning up the lake bed of its toxicity but to eliminate the pollutants at their source level itself and gradually improve the lake water quality to potable level, he said. SOURCES: Hindu             |