10 June 2022

Harsul water drawing capacity doubles

After the Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran (MJP) successfully completing a trial on Tuesday evening, additional 5 MLD water is being drawn from Harsul reservoir and stored in the elevated storage reservoir (ESR) located at Delhi Gate.

With this, the amount of water drawn from this reservoir has reached to 10 MLD from earlier 5. The authorities concerned now have plans to lay separate pipelines to supply water to Harsul jail and Harsiddhi ESRS from this tank. With this, the burden on Cidco and Hudco ESRs will get reduced and as many as 14 wards of the old city will get enough water, regularly.

The Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had been drawing 5 MLD water from Harsul reservoir, however, in the wake of acute scarcity, the MJP proposed to draw additional 5 MLD. A pipeline of 350 mm diame ter has been laid between the tank and the filration plant on Jatwada Road, which has started receiving 10 MLD water from Tuesday evening onwards.

2 MLD water from Nahar-e-Ambari Repairing of the Naher-e-ambari, which is part of the ancient underground water supply system, will be undertaken as far as Rauza filtration plant to draw 2 MLD water,Divers from Pune’s Maharashtra Underwater Services will be pressed into service for this task, while a team, led by Vijay Shivtare, has already started surveying the Naher.

Separate pipelines soon

Till today, the Cidco N-7 sector ESR was supplying 2.5 MLD water each to Harsul jail and Harsiddhi ESRS. This would be discontinued and these ESRS would get water from Harsul reservoir through separate pipelines. Residents of Cidco and Hudco wards would get additional 5 MLD water. The ESRS at Harsul jail and Harsiddhi Society would be getting water in a week, said MJP executive engineer Ajay Singh.