Despite missed deadlines for treatment plants, GMDA confident to fulfil locals’ water demand
Despite having missed three deadlines to construct a new unit of the water treatment plant (WTP), the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is confident to increase the supply of potable water in Gurugram city by 100 million litres per day (MLD) in the coming summer season.
The GMDA commissioned a project to upgrade the Chandu-Budhera WTP by setting up another unit of 100 MLD. Three units are already functional.
The new 100 MLD unit was scheduled for completion in June 2024, but the deadline was extended to December 2024, which was again extended to January 31 this year. This is for the fourth time that the deadline to complete the work has once again been extended to March 31.
In the last summer, the total water supply by the GMDA was 570 MLD, but the demand touched 700 MLD, creating lots of problems and shortages in the newly developed areas.
GMDA Chief Engineer Rajesh Bansal said the construction work on fourth water filtration unit at Chandu-Budhera WTP was almost complete. “We will supply additional water by 100 MLD per day from this WTP in the upcoming summer season,” he said.
He said three units, having a total capacity of 300 MLD, were already functional. With the commissioning of the fourth unit, the total capacity of this water treatment plant would increase to 400 MLD. Bansal said the fourth unit, estimated to cost Rs 70 crore, would address the rising demand of potable water in the city to a great extent and narrow the gap of demand and supply. “We will be in a much more comfortable position to meet the water demands of the newly developed sectors,” he added. Bansal said the Irrigation Department had already agreed to enhance the supply of water to Chandu-Budhera WTP through the NCR canal after the new unit became operational.
At present, the GMDA supplies 300 MLD of potable water from the Chandu-Budhera WTP and 270 MLD from Basai WTP. Gurugram’s water demand is projected to reach 970 MLD by 2026, thus the expansion of both Basai and Chandu-Budhera WTPs becomes essential to meet the increasing demands of potable water.
