GREATER NOIDA: Several residential areas in the city, including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Pi 3, are likely to get Ganga water supply by May.
The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) has built pipeline and reservoirs for distributing 85 cusecs (207.95 MLD) of water from the Upper Ganga Canal in Haridwar and trials for the first phase (covering the populated areas) to supply 51.09 cusecs are likely to begin from mid-March. Currently, residents of Greater Noida get treated groundwater taken from ranny wells and tube wells.
“We will be able to provide Ganga water to residents of Greater Noida from May this year. While work to lay pipelines and build reservoirs was done earlier, we will start trials from mid-March,” said PK Kaushik, general manager (projects), GNIDA.
“In the first phase, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Pi 3, Swarn Nagari, sectors 36, 35 and Phase 1 will be covered,” said an official. In the second phase, Ganga water will be supplied to the industrial areas and other areas.
Ganga water supply has been a long-pending demand of residents. “We get water from GNIDA three times during the day.
From 5 am to 9 am, then from 1 pm to 2 pm and between 5 pm and 9 pm. We use our own purifiers,” said Harinder Bhati from Sector Beta 1. While a 23 km pipeline has been laid from Dehra village near Gang Nahar in Ghaziabad to Greater Noida for the supply of Ganga water, a 210 MLD water treatment plant is also ready.
“Apart from that, a master reservoir, four area reservoirs and 19 zonal reservoirs have been built,” said Kaushik, adding that the total cost of the project is Rs 291.76 crores.