This forms the second critical component of the 120-mld Neyyar water supply project
The construction of a main transmission pipeline over a distance of 23.8 kilometres for sourcing drinking water from the Neyyar dam site to the capital city, which forms the second critical component of the 120-mld Neyyar water supply project, is expected to kick off in the near future.
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has awarded the work to Erode-based Annai Infra Developers and the two entities are expected to ink the formal agreement soon. The work involves the supply, laying, testing, and commissioning of a 1422-mm, mild steel, clear water gravity main from the 120-mld water treatment plant proposed at the Neyyar dam site to the ground-level storage reservoir (GLSR) of the KWA at PTP Nagar.
Survey for the construction of the transmission main has been completed and the work does not involve land acquisition, a KWA official says. The Erode-based firm has bagged the contract for ₹137.70…