Under AMRUT yojana, about 200 km pipeline out of 377km has been laid in the city. Most of the work is done in the Lakadganj zone. In this situation, 300 ferries of 35 tankers will end from the end of November. People will have new tap connection, the project to make this zone tanker free will complete soon. As per information, the deadline of the Rs.272 crore project has been fixed March 31,2021.As many as 43 water tanks will be constructed, in which 12 water tanks have started. For the rest of the tanks, the place is not available.
The NMC will construct 16 water tanks out of remaining 21.As the big residential apartment of Nagpur city takes only one connection and it creates problem. In view of this problem, the NMC is planning to give them separate tap connection.NMC standing committee chairman Pintu Zalke further said that there are 3.30 lakh consumers in Nagpur city. Out of that 1 lakh consumers have been absorbed in the 24 by 7 water supply scheme. And out of the 68 areas 22 areas have been converted into 24 by 7 water supply scheme. Under the plan, work has been completed to convert the entire 687 km pipeline by OCW while they are behind 50000 connections with the goal of providing new water connections. In water tax collection, till October 13 this year, a recovery of Rs.72.26 crore has been made, whereas in the corresponding period last year, a recovery of Rs.72.96 crore was made. And the current bill is Rs.150 crore, while the outstanding bill is Rs.195 crore.
