VMC to construct plant to meet Vadodara's water demand

Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will built a water supply plant worth Rs 150 crore on the outskirts of the city for supplying water from Mahi river to Vadodara, its Commissioner Vinod Rao said.
The project, located at Sindhrot village nearly 40 km from here, will have a water supply capacity of 300 MLD (million litre water per day). The project will have an intake facility and water treatment plant besides a pipeline network to supply the water to the city, he said.
"It will take 18 months time for completion after a contract is awarded. Initially, 100 MLD water will be supplied to the city. The intake would take place upstream of the weir constructed on the river near Sindhrot," Rao added.

He said the civic body is also planning to take up the project under the AMRUT scheme of the Centre.
Meanwhile, state Finance Minister Saurabh Patel told PTI that the government has decided to give in principle nod to the project.
"100 MLD water from Mahi river will be sufficient to meet the demand of the western and southern parts of the city where people are facing shortage of water supply," he said.