Get 20 litres of purified water at just ₹7 from vending centres
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai 05.06.2018
: With the demand for purified drinking water packaged by private players soaring, the state government on Monday announced a plan to supply water through RO/ UV purifiers at “automatic vending centres” in every ward of urban local bodies in the state. Each of the 4,352 wards in the urban local bodies, including 11 corporations and 124 town panchayats, will get to see the public-privatepartnership model taking shape in three months.
The government last year undertook pilot projects in Maraimalai Nagar and Chengalpet municipalities, where plants with a capacity of 8,000 litres each has been quenching the thirst of local people at a price of ₹7 for 20 litres.
‘Supply is good and we keep vending centre open for eight hours’
The residents had been given smart cards which can be recharged for a minimum of ₹50 and a maximum of ₹250. “Purified water will come at a nominal rate. The centres will be set up in a phased manner,” municipal administration and water supply minister S P Velumani told the assembly.
Municipal administration commissioner G Prakash said the facility had become very popular. “The local bodies offer space and source of water. The NGO takes care of capital expenditure, besides operation and maintenance. We will soon come up with expression of interest for private players to join hands as part of their corporate social responsibility,” he said. The plan is to soon get industrial bodies like CII and FICCI to enlarge the scope of the scheme and get all the wards covered in three years. The CMA has already begun identification of wards in the local bodies.
In Maraimalai Nagar, some 500 households are availing themselves of the facility being run on a pilot basis. Says municipal commissioner Mariselvi Prabhu, “The source of supply is a well and we keep the vending centre open for eight hours. It is a big ‘no’ for commercial use. We have registered those with government family cards and Aadhar cards.” Prakash said corporates will be satisfied if their CSR initiatives get translated into good assets and continuously serve the public by supplying purified water. The plan is that local bodies will float expression of interest on their own shortly. The state government supplies 1,873.29 million litres of water a day to urban local bodies; it maintained per capita supply of 113LPCD
Julie.Mariappan@timesgroup.com
Chennai 05.06.2018
: With the demand for purified drinking water packaged by private players soaring, the state government on Monday announced a plan to supply water through RO/ UV purifiers at “automatic vending centres” in every ward of urban local bodies in the state. Each of the 4,352 wards in the urban local bodies, including 11 corporations and 124 town panchayats, will get to see the public-privatepartnership model taking shape in three months.
The government last year undertook pilot projects in Maraimalai Nagar and Chengalpet municipalities, where plants with a capacity of 8,000 litres each has been quenching the thirst of local people at a price of ₹7 for 20 litres.
‘Supply is good and we keep vending centre open for eight hours’
The residents had been given smart cards which can be recharged for a minimum of ₹50 and a maximum of ₹250. “Purified water will come at a nominal rate. The centres will be set up in a phased manner,” municipal administration and water supply minister S P Velumani told the assembly.
Municipal administration commissioner G Prakash said the facility had become very popular. “The local bodies offer space and source of water. The NGO takes care of capital expenditure, besides operation and maintenance. We will soon come up with expression of interest for private players to join hands as part of their corporate social responsibility,” he said. The plan is to soon get industrial bodies like CII and FICCI to enlarge the scope of the scheme and get all the wards covered in three years. The CMA has already begun identification of wards in the local bodies.
In Maraimalai Nagar, some 500 households are availing themselves of the facility being run on a pilot basis. Says municipal commissioner Mariselvi Prabhu, “The source of supply is a well and we keep the vending centre open for eight hours. It is a big ‘no’ for commercial use. We have registered those with government family cards and Aadhar cards.” Prakash said corporates will be satisfied if their CSR initiatives get translated into good assets and continuously serve the public by supplying purified water. The plan is that local bodies will float expression of interest on their own shortly. The state government supplies 1,873.29 million litres of water a day to urban local bodies; it maintained per capita supply of 113LPCD
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