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CORTALIM: Cortalim MLA Anton Vas on Friday afternoon launched the long awaited project of laying of new 900 mm dia water pipelines to improve the water supply issues in Cortalim constituency in the presence of ward panch Nidhi Naik and PWD officials
Calling it a Diwali Gift by the CM Dr Pramod Sawant , Cortalim MLA Anton Vas said that the project was taken at the cost of Rs 30 crores and would be completed by May.
” This is a very important project for Cortalim constituency and also for the entire Mormugao Taluka in general. Cortalim constituency suffers a lot of water supply crisis and people have been demanding a proper water supply for so many years and this project will resolve the issue and improve the water supply situation. When I was contesting elections, there was only , one big demand of the voters ,to improve the water supply scenarios in the constituency. I had been regularly following with the Government since the people had been suffering with the scarcity of water. Finally the new 900 mm diameter new water pipeline is being laid at the cost of Rs 30 crores and the works will be competed by May 2024. This new water pipeline wil improve the water supply in surrounding areas of Zuarinagar, Cortalim and even Quelossim. We had a reservoir of 10 lakh litre capacity and we had proposed an additional reservoir of higher capacity. As we speak , the works on the 20 lakhs litre reservoirs are going on and these pipelines will be connected to the reservoir that will change the entire water supply scenarios in the constituency. I am very thankful to the CM Dr Pramod Sawant for having sanctioned such a big project for the constituency which is like a Diwali Gift to the residents of Cortalim Constituency” said Vas
Infrastructure being upgrade to meet rising water supply demands – PWD
Senior PWD Engineer Vishwambar Bhende said that the water pipeline will not only benefit Cortalim but also improve water supply situation in the entire Mormugao Taluka
” With rising development, the demand for water supply increases and we have taken steps to upgrade the infrastructure to meet the rising demands. The infrastructure upgradation steps start right from Selaulim from where we get our water supply. We are having a new project to upgrade the existing plants. We have two water plants of 280 MLD capacity which is being upgraded to hold another 100 MLD capacity. Secondly , the water pipeline from Margao to Verna is old and is being replaced. We are also increasing the capacity of our reservoir in Cortalim from 10,000 cubic meter to 20,000 cubic meter . We are now laying new 900 mm diameter water pipelines and once all these works are done , it will help us to improve water supply and also increase the number of hours of water supply .Besides this 900 mm diameter water pipeline , we are also laying another additional water pipeline on the other side of Zuarinagar and the works are ongoing . Once all this is connected, the water situation will improve to the maximum by almost three times and benefit not only Cortalim but the entire Mormugao Taluka ” said Bhende