Modi to dedicate Matariya water project in Bharuch

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Bharuch’s very important Matariya water project on 13th of May.

40 MLD Matariya water project, lifeline for Bharuch has been completed at cost of Rs 23 crore. The citizens of Bharuch were waiting for completion of this project for last five years. The groundbreaking of this project was held in February 2004 by Chief Minister Modi.

Under this project, the Matariya tank, located in central part of Bharuch will get supply of water from Amleshwar branch canal.

At Matariya tank, the huge amount of incoming water will be stored and filtered after which it will be sent to several water tanks across the city and also to Maktampur filtration plant from where it will be distributed further to end level.

Bharuch needs 140 to 170 lakh ltr water every day which rises to 220 t0 240 lakh liter in summer. Matariya project’s capacity is 3.70 crore ltr. Presently Bharuch sources 2.20 crore ltr water from GNFC company and local body’s tube well.

According to local BJP MLA Dushyantbhai Patel, the government intends to provide water through this project to nearby villages: Bholav, Nandelav, Maktampur, Zadeshwar also. While Bholav has Rs 1.56 crore Swajaldhara pipeline network ready, the infrastructure work for pipeline network in other villages such as Nandelav, Maktampur and Zadeshwar is in progress.