Ahmedabad: Work has ground to a halt at a water treatment plant site in Jaspur, and Rs 20 crore of public money has gone down the drain. Some are calling Auda’s decision abrupt as work on the Rs 150 crore treatment plant had already commenced. The reason: Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) has now decided that an international-standard sports complex will come up at the spot. Located adjacent to Shantigram township in Jaspur, the plant was to be linked to a pipeline network to supply potable water to villages along SP Ring Road and SG Highway.
Auda’s water treatment plant at Telav, Sanand, built for Rs 20 crore, has been non-operational for over a decade
The supply will now be delayed considerably, sources said, adding that initiating and completing the relocated water treatment plant will take three to four years. The plant in Jaspur was to supply drinking water to Auda-governed zones surrounding SP Ring Road and SG Highway.
Auda Proposes Relocation of Water Treatment Plant
Auda has received approval to halt the current construction of the water treatment plant. The new facility will be built on a site measuring 78,000 square meters, located across Final Plot Nos. 38 and 513 under TP Scheme No. 229 (Jaspur-Khodiyar).
The chairman of Auda has been authorized to submit a proposal to the state government. This proposal will address the costs associated with the relocation and will also seek to develop an international-standard sports complex at the new site through a public-private partnership (PPP).
A formal proposal to develop the sports complex will now be forwarded to state govt. Meanwhile, Auda plans to build the plant near the AMC-run treatment plant, also located in the Jaspur area but farther from the current site.