The Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) undertakes the work to complete the pipeline connecting the Vadatalav in Pavagadh in Panchmahal district to the Narmada main canal.
This project will disrupt water supply for nearly nine lakh residents in Vadodara’s West and South zones for a week starting Friday.
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) received notification from SSNNL of a disruption in supply of 75 Million Litres per Day (MLD) due to ongoing work on the Narmada main canal, prompting the civic body to wisely release water from the branch canal.
The Narmada main canal supplies 75 MLD water to Vadodara through the Sherkhi intake well. VMC officials said that on receiving the intimation from SSNNL about the water cut, the civic body requested the SSNNL to fill up the branch canal.
Additional city engineer for water works and executive engineer (water supply) Amrut Makwana said, “The SSNNL is conducting some major work on the main canal due to which they will not be able to provide the stipulated volume of 75MLD water for a week. When we received the intimation regarding disruption of supply from April 15 to 21, we spoke to them to make arrangements to fill up the branch canal that would ensure a supply for at least a few days. They have considered our request and stored maximum capacity water in the branch canal… we will use it judiciously.”
The deficit will affect the supply of water to Gayatri Nagar, Hari Nagar, and Tandalja water tanks in the West zone as well as Manjalpur and Makarpura GIDC water tanks in the South zone, Makwana said.
“We are installing a head regulator on the main canal to join it to the ready pipeline of Vadatalav in Pavagadh. For this, we have had to reduce the level of the main canal. We might finish this task within four days and have filled up the branch canal, which will help meet the demand,” Nadpara said.