Mission Bhagiratha Telangana

Mission Bhagiratha is a project for supplying clean drinking water to all households in Telangana. Mission Bhagiratha is a massive project with an outlay of Rs 45,028 crores targeted to be completed in a record time of 3 years. It covers 2.72 crore people and 65.29 lakh households. The project was investigated, designed and estimated by the Mission Bhagiratha Department.98% of transmission & distribution systems function by gravity

Vision

Mission Bhagiratha intends

• To ensure safe and sustainable PIPED drinking water supply from surface water sources at:

  • 100 LPCD ( litres per capita per day) for rural areas,

  • 135 LPCD for Municipalities

  • 150 LPCD for Municipal Corporations

  • 10% Quantity allocated to Industrial requirements

• To provide each household with a tap connection.

• 10% of water in all Irrigation sources reserved for Drinking Water.

Project Scale

• Total Pipeline Network - 1.460 Lakh Kms i.e, three times the Circumference of the earth

• No of segments - 26 

• Tentative Project Out lay - Rs 45,028 crores 

• Total Geographical area to be covered - 1.11 lakh Sqkm 

• Total Population benefitted - 2.72 crores 

• Constituencies to be covered - 99 

• Urban Local Bodies to be covered - 65(outside ORR) 

• Rural Habitations to be covered - 24,225 

• Sources

  • Krishna River( and its tributaries)and Godavari River (and its tributaries )

• Water requirement(86.11 TMC (2048))

  • Krishna Basin : 32.43 TMC

  • Godavari Basin :53.68 TMC 

• Total households to be covered - 65,29,770

  • Rural households to be covered - 52,47,225

  • Urban Households to be covered - 12,82,545 

• Total pipeline network - 1.460 lakh Kms

• Scale of Supply

  • Rural - 100 LPCD

  • Muncipalities Nagarpalikas - 135 LPCD

  • Municipal Corporations - 150 LPCD

• Power Requirements - 235 MW.

Appreciation

• HUDCO presented award thrice to government of Telangana for best outstanding contribution in the infrastructure sector through innovative initiatives.

• This project received encomium from Hon'ble Prime Minister, Hon'ble Union Minisiters, MoDs(GOI), Niti Aayog,15th Finance Commission and other states like Uttar Pradesh,West Bengal,Bihar,Maharashtra,Tamilnadu,Madhya Pradesh and Odisha 

• This Telangana model is also being emulated in Bihar,Karnataka and Maharashtra states.