Narmada water to reach Somnath mandir in 2011

If all goes according to plan, the river Narmada water will reach upto Somnath Mandir in Saurashtra, through canal and pipeling network.

The government of Gujarat has already issued tender for the 125 km pipeline to be built at a cost of Rs 400 crore for providing water to Saurashtra’s Bhavnagar and Junagadh districts.

This pipeline network will be laid down between the coastal towns of Mahuva in Bhavnagar to Veraval(Somnath) in Junagadh district and will provide Narmada water to around 450 villages and around seven major municipalities. The project is likely to be completed within 15 to 18 months.

HCC bags the project

The water supply project worth Rs. 1,676.70 million has been awarded to leading engineering and infrastructure Development Company HCC.

The EPC contract for pumped water supply scheme project aims at transmitting 12,442 million gallons of drinking water drawn from Kesaria to Sonaria through 62 to 28 kilometers long mild steel pipeline from where the enroute rural areas with over 100 villages in Rajula and Una Taluka of Amreli and Junagadh district will be served.

HCC will be responsible for engineering, procurement and construction of all items including civil and associated infrastructure works comprising of supply, installation, testing and commissioning of all electromechanical plant and machinery including pumping station.

HCC will construct two reservoirs, one at Kesaria along with pumping station and second at Veraval and a 62.28 kilometers pipeline connecting these two reservoirs.