Water supply boost to benefit 1L residents in 11 Salt Lake blocks from next month

Kolkata: Close to one lakh residents from 11 blocks and three housing estates in Salt Lake, including Karunamoyee Housing, will get upgraded water supply services from the next month.The Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to introduce three of the revamped overhead water reservoirs in Salt Lake—tanks 3, 5 and 10—by the end of this week, along with the house-to-house filtered water supply connection for wards 22 to 26, covering Kestopur and parts of Baguiati and wards 38 and 39, covering Duttabad.
The civic body will also introduce the provision of reserving facilities for cleaning and other water supply-related services online. The authorities are waiting for Bidhannagar MLA and minister Sujit Bose to inaugurate the schemes. According to BMC MMIC (water supply), Tulsi Sinha Roy, all 15 overhead water reservoirs across Salt Lake—from where filtered water is supplied—are undergoing major upgradation and revamp work with funds under the AMRUT scheme for the first time since the inception of the township. "Full overhaul and revamp work has been done for the three tanks along with replacement of the old pumps. For the remaining tanks, renovation and other allied internal work is going on in phases," Roy said. The 15 overhead water tanks in Salt Lake supply filtered water daily in four shifts to over 26,000 households and several commercial and office establishments across the township. Each of the tanks has a capacity of 1.2 lakh gallons. The house-to-house filtered water supply connection in wards 22 to 26 has been installed. The same will be inaugurated. Close to 80,000 residents of over 30,000 households in these five BMC wards, covering a large area of Baguiati, Kestopur and adjoining areas, will get filtered surface water supply from the New Town treatment plant. "To date, residents of these areas have been mostly depending on underground water reserves. A distribution network is now set up to supply filtered water," said a civic official. In a first, all 10,280 houses in Duttabad area, bordering Salt Lake, are also going to get house-to-house water connections and taps. Civic officials said previously, pipelines did not reach all of Duttabad and residents used to collect water from roadside taps.