<p>Bengaluru: Almost three months after commissioning the fifth phase of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cauvery-water-supply-scheme">Cauvery Water Supply Scheme (CWSS)</a>, Bengaluru’s water supply board has completed the detailed project report (DPR) for the sixth phase, which aims to supply an additional 500 million litres per day (MLD) of water by 2028. The new proposal – which has been sent to the government for approval – is estimated to cost Rs 6,939 crore, including land acquisition.</p>.<p>BWSSB Chairman Dr V Ram Prasath Manohar, said the project will be completed in three years from the date of government approval. </p>.<p>In the sixth phase, the BWSSB has decided to take Cauvery water directly from upstream of the KRS reservoir along the service road of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. The decision was taken due to the drop in raw water flow at the Shiva Balancing Reservoir in Malavalli taluk during the summer months and the lack of space to lay the seventh pipeline on either side of Kanakapura Road.</p>.9,000 applications for water connections under Cauvery Phase 5: BWSSB.<p>According to the DPR, the raw water will be pumped to the water treatment plant at Kateri village, located about 2 kilometers from the KRS dam. The treated water will then flow by gravity for a distance of 82 kilometers to Devara Hosahalli near the Ramanagara bypass. From there, the water will be pumped to Kengeri near the NICE road junction and further up to the GKVK campus, covering a distance of 41 kilometers.</p>.<p>Over the last 50 years, the BWSSB has commissioned six Cauvery Water Supply Schemes (CWSS), bringing a total of 2,275 MLD of water from the river Cauvery. While the first project, launched in 1974, brought about 150 MLD of water, the most recent project has a capacity of 775 MLD. Interestingly, the water board took about 10 years to launch each project.</p>.<p>While all the pipelines for the previous projects were laid along Kanakapura Road from the Thorekadanahalli water treatment plant, the sixth phase of the project will take a different route, totaling about 123 kilometers between the KRS and the NICE road. From the KRS, the water will be pumped to the treatment plant by laying pipelines along the mud road and the KR Pete main road, the DPR states.</p>.<p>The BWSSB has identified about 130 acres of land for the laying of pipelines, construction of pumping stations, and installation of treatment plants, among other requirements. Of the Rs 6,939 crore, Rs 2,206 crore has been earmarked for laying 82 kilometers of pipeline from KRS to Ramanagara, including micro-tunneling, and another Rs 1,100 crore for the transmission line, pumping station, and balancing reservoir from Ramanagara to Kengeri.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Almost three months after commissioning the fifth phase of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cauvery-water-supply-scheme">Cauvery Water Supply Scheme (CWSS)</a>, Bengaluru’s water supply board has completed the detailed project report (DPR) for the sixth phase, which aims to supply an additional 500 million litres per day (MLD) of water by 2028. The new proposal – which has been sent to the government for approval – is estimated to cost Rs 6,939 crore, including land acquisition.</p>.<p>BWSSB Chairman Dr V Ram Prasath Manohar, said the project will be completed in three years from the date of government approval. </p>.<p>In the sixth phase, the BWSSB has decided to take Cauvery water directly from upstream of the KRS reservoir along the service road of the Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway. The decision was taken due to the drop in raw water flow at the Shiva Balancing Reservoir in Malavalli taluk during the summer months and the lack of space to lay the seventh pipeline on either side of Kanakapura Road.</p>.9,000 applications for water connections under Cauvery Phase 5: BWSSB.<p>According to the DPR, the raw water will be pumped to the water treatment plant at Kateri village, located about 2 kilometers from the KRS dam. The treated water will then flow by gravity for a distance of 82 kilometers to Devara Hosahalli near the Ramanagara bypass. From there, the water will be pumped to Kengeri near the NICE road junction and further up to the GKVK campus, covering a distance of 41 kilometers.</p>.<p>Over the last 50 years, the BWSSB has commissioned six Cauvery Water Supply Schemes (CWSS), bringing a total of 2,275 MLD of water from the river Cauvery. While the first project, launched in 1974, brought about 150 MLD of water, the most recent project has a capacity of 775 MLD. Interestingly, the water board took about 10 years to launch each project.</p>.<p>While all the pipelines for the previous projects were laid along Kanakapura Road from the Thorekadanahalli water treatment plant, the sixth phase of the project will take a different route, totaling about 123 kilometers between the KRS and the NICE road. From the KRS, the water will be pumped to the treatment plant by laying pipelines along the mud road and the KR Pete main road, the DPR states.</p>.<p>The BWSSB has identified about 130 acres of land for the laying of pipelines, construction of pumping stations, and installation of treatment plants, among other requirements. Of the Rs 6,939 crore, Rs 2,206 crore has been earmarked for laying 82 kilometers of pipeline from KRS to Ramanagara, including micro-tunneling, and another Rs 1,100 crore for the transmission line, pumping station, and balancing reservoir from Ramanagara to Kengeri.</p>