has been adjudged the `Best City' under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban
Renewal Mission by union urban development ministry for its water supply services and projects implemented under JNNURM. Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) was the runners up in this category.
Municipal Commissioner Aseem Gupta and deputy mayor Kishor Kumeria received the award from Union Urban development minister Jaipal Reddy in a special function organised at New Delhi on Thursday. Executive engineer, water works department, NMC, Shashikant Hastak told TOI, "NMC had earlier also received national `Best Environmental Initiative award' and National Urban Water Development award for the water supply services and projects."
At present, water supply distribution projects worth Rs 1900 crore are underway in city including replacing machinery at all water treatment plants, water leak detection, water audit report, construction of 25 overhead water tanks and lying feeder network, augmenting water distribution network under Pench IV and 240 MLD capacity water treatment plant at Kanhan worth Rs 1504 crore. The Rs 396 crore 24X7 water supply project will start soon, he added.
In the first phase of 24x7 water supply project, over 15,000 consumers of Dharampeth zone will start receiving round-the clock water supply by April 2010. Almost 5,000 consumers have already started receiving uninterrupted water while 85 % pipeline installation work has been completed till date.
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