Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar:
To meet the city’s growing water needs, a new ₹2,740-crore water supply project is underway in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. At the heart of this initiative is a jackwell (siphon well) built in the centre of the Jayakwadi Dam. On Tuesday, water from the dam was successfully drawn till the jackwell using a siphon system.
While speaking to media persons, the civic chief G Sreekanth said, “In the coming days, this water will be transported to the water treatment plant (WTP) on the Nakshatrawadi hills. Efforts are underway to supply an additional 200 MLD of water to the city before the onset of summer.”
The civic chief highlighted that transporting water up to Nakshatrawadi itself is a significant challenge, and distributing it throughout the city poses a separate task. Using alternate arrangements and existing pipelines, water can be delivered efficiently. He described the trial and testing to bring water from Jayakwadi to Nakshatrawadi as a major step in the city’s water infrastructure development.