AHMEDABAD: Simply metering municipal water relations at a town doesn’t guarantee effective water usage or reduce water wastage, assert economist and former planning commission member Y K Alagh and organizer in Cept University, ” Sampath.
But appropriate water supply via a designed pipe system backed by water bookkeeping, efficient maintenance and operation can tackle liability.
In their latest study paper, presented in the World Water Congressthat the authors compare two towns, Bangalore, that has a close 99% Nominal water relations and Ahmedabad, in which metered relations are in endless amounts.
In Ahmedabad, at which 1,369 million litres of plain water (MLD) is provided to taxpayers every day, there’s a vast gap in supply of water.
As an example, Navrangpura, Paldi, SP Arena, Chandkheda along with Motera wards, that are beneath the West Zone, have been provided 278 MLD, the North Zone is provided 207 MLD, South Zone 223MLD, the posh North West and South West zones united catch 278 MLD, based on Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) water distribution department.
The study underscores the demand for water audits.
“Water Heater offers advice to restrain subsidy and also to keep equity in supply of water as a normal source.
Subsidy ought to be provided to the poor just,” the newspaper states.
In addition, it included that for Ahmedabad along with other Gujarat cities, so the state government must announce water quantification required and set a control mechanism.
“Bengaluru has rather limited groundwater due to its hilly topography; greater than 900 MLD raw water has been procured by the Cauvery, 97km away, also can be pumped, treated and provided at a price of Rs 19,000 a link, while at Ahmedabad, that draws its water in the Narmada canal 5km off, and the price comes to Rs 1,800 per link,” the newspaper states.