Chowara Project
Kerala - Kochi
Chowara project to be commissioned tomorrow
Staff Reporter
To augment water supply by 68 million litres a day in North Paravur municipal area
Project cost Rs. 56.14 crore
Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran to inaugurate project
Kochi: The Paravur Water Supply Augmentation Scheme (Chowara project) will be commissioned on Monday.
The Kerala Water Authority project will augment water supply by 68 million litres a day (mld) for a population of three lakh in North Paravur municipal area and in the limits of eight surrounding panchayats.
Kerala State Construction Corporation Ltd., which was in charge of the work, said the project could be described as the first large-scale water supply scheme in the State to be completed in a time-bound manner. It took two years.
The major works included those on a 26-metre-deep well of 12-metre diameter on the banks of the Periyar at Chowara; a chemical house with an area of 5,000 square feet for filtering water; a 15,000 square feet filter house; a 21-km-long clear-water pumping line; and a 28.9-lakh-litre sump at Paravur.
The project cost Rs. 56.14 crore.
As much as Rs. 36 crore was spent on pipelines, Rs. 15 crore on civil works and Rs. 5 crore on electromechanical jobs.
Two hectares of land acquired on the banks of the Periyar for the filter plant was handed over in March 2004. Supply of potable water started on April 7, 2006.
Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran will launch the project.
Minister for Fisheries S. Sarma will inaugurate allocation of domestic connections.
Lonappan Nambadan and Sebastian Paul, MPs; M.K. Purushothaman, MLA; district panchayat president P.S. Shyla; District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish; and Paravur municipal chairman N.A. Ali are among those who will speak on the occasion.
(The Hindu, Sunday, September 3, 2006)
Chowara project to be commissioned tomorrow
Staff Reporter
To augment water supply by 68 million litres a day in North Paravur municipal area
Project cost Rs. 56.14 crore
Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran to inaugurate project
Kochi: The Paravur Water Supply Augmentation Scheme (Chowara project) will be commissioned on Monday.
The Kerala Water Authority project will augment water supply by 68 million litres a day (mld) for a population of three lakh in North Paravur municipal area and in the limits of eight surrounding panchayats.
Kerala State Construction Corporation Ltd., which was in charge of the work, said the project could be described as the first large-scale water supply scheme in the State to be completed in a time-bound manner. It took two years.
The major works included those on a 26-metre-deep well of 12-metre diameter on the banks of the Periyar at Chowara; a chemical house with an area of 5,000 square feet for filtering water; a 15,000 square feet filter house; a 21-km-long clear-water pumping line; and a 28.9-lakh-litre sump at Paravur.
The project cost Rs. 56.14 crore.
As much as Rs. 36 crore was spent on pipelines, Rs. 15 crore on civil works and Rs. 5 crore on electromechanical jobs.
Two hectares of land acquired on the banks of the Periyar for the filter plant was handed over in March 2004. Supply of potable water started on April 7, 2006.
Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran will launch the project.
Minister for Fisheries S. Sarma will inaugurate allocation of domestic connections.
Lonappan Nambadan and Sebastian Paul, MPs; M.K. Purushothaman, MLA; district panchayat president P.S. Shyla; District Collector A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish; and Paravur municipal chairman N.A. Ali are among those who will speak on the occasion.
(The Hindu, Sunday, September 3, 2006)
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