July 2006-The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : People in CMCs may have to put up with water problem for one more year

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : People in CMCs may have to put up with water problem for one more year: "

Residents of the city's suburbs may have to put up with water problems for another year as work on the Greater Bangalore Water Supply and Sanitation Project (GBWASP) is likely to be delayed.Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is executing the project at a cost of Rs. 802 crore in the six city municipal councils (CMCs) and one town municipal council (TMC) around Bangalore. Work on the water supply component taken up at a cost of Rs. 410 crore is under progress and has to be completed by October this year as per the original deadline.While BWSSB officials in charge of the project are confident that work will be completed within the stipulated deadline, sources told The Hindu on Friday that work on the water component itself will take another year. With the State Government's plans to add more areas into the BMP limits and also merge the CMCs with the BMP, the tendering process for installing the supply lines is getting delayed. Though 40 per cent of work has been completed, everything depends on the reorganisation of areas under the CMCs, sources say.

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