ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT 2006-07

The Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board was constituted by an Act of Legislature in 1974 and is functioning from August 1975.

The Board is an implementing body for Water Supply and UGD facilities in  213 urban areas of the state except Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike.

The Board aims to provide adequate water supply from assured and safe sources of supply and also proper sanitation to all the urban areas. There are 213 urban local bodies coming under the jurisdiction of Board, under following category:

Water Supply Schemes commissioned                  :430

Under Ground Drainage Schemes commissioned  :42Nos.

Total cost for implementation of  WS & UGD

schemes  in Rs. Crores                                          :1548.34

Urban Population covered under UGD                       :  28%

Schemes commissioned since inception upto March 2006.

Water supply                               - 430 Nos

U.G.D                                     -  42 Nos

                      Total estimate cost of these schemes                   -  Rs.1548.34 Crores

Population covered with drinking water               - 79%

Population covered with U.G.D facilities            - 28%

The Board is executing Water Supply and Under Ground Drainage Projects under the following categories.

    I  PLAN SCHEMES:

    A. WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES:

  1. a)  PIPED WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES:

Piped water supply schemes are taken up for the towns having population less than 20,000 as per 1991 census, for which the entire cost is borne by the Government as Grant in aid.

b)   ACCELARATED URBAN WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMMES:

Under this programme also water supply works are takenup in towns having population less than 20,000.

For these schemes 50% of the estimated cost is provided by the Government or India as Grant and the remaining is borne by the State Government.

2. URBAN WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES:

Under these schemes, drinking water supply is provided for cities/towns having population above 20,000 as per 1991 census, with following funding pattern of this scheme is as follows:

B. SEWARAGE SCHEMES:

1. UNDER GROUND DRAINAGE SCHEME:

     All Urban areas irrespective of population comes under this Category with following funding pattern. Under these schemes Priority is given to the cities/towns having population of more than 1 lakh and situated on the bank of rivers/seas. The funding pattern for UGD schemes is as follows:

II.MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES:

            As per the Government Order the Board is maintaining the following water supply schemes.

Upto Consumer Point:

                                                          1. Kushalnagar                                         5. Ramanagaram

                                                          2. Bethamangala                                       6. Channapatna

                                                          3. Hubli-Dharwad city                                         7. Belgaum

                                                          4. Mandya city.

 2. Upto Bulk Supply

                                         1. Karwar                                    

                                         2. Bellary                                        

                                         3. Gulbarga    

     As per the G.O.No. UDD 204 UMS 95 dated 15.11.96, the Board has to hand over the completed schemes to the concerned Local Bodies, for maintenance.  As some of the Local Bodies have not taken-over the schemes, the Board itself is forcibly maintaining the following water supply schemes upto Bulk point.

1. Bhalki                                                                               6. Tumkur                                                 

2. Ilkal-Hungund                                                                 7. Gadag-Betageri

3. Bijapur                                                                             8. Mundargi

4. Arasikere                                                                        9. Hukkeri-Sankeshwar

5. Tiptur

III. Other Schemes :

1.      Under National River conservation plan (N.R.C.P), in 8 towns coming under the catchment areas of Cauvery and Krishna, (Thunga Badra) rivers have been selected.  It is proposed to prevent river pollution by diverting and treating the sewage under core works, in these town, for this, works costing Rs. 19.62 crores are approved by the Government of India, works are under implementation and out of 8 STP's 6 STP's are completed and remaining are in progress.

2.    The Board is implementing Comprehensive Water Supply Scheme to Karwar-Ankola towns with Gangavalli River as source at an estimated cost of Rs. 30.00 crores under KUDCEM project with ADB assistance.

3.     The Board is taking up the augmentation of water supply scheme to Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Gulbarga at a total estimated cost of Rs.180.00 crores under Karnataka Urban Water Sector Improvement Projects (KUWASIP) financed by the World Bank.

4.     Board has takenup remodeling of existing distribution network, Automation and Integrated Management System of Mysore city under Jawaharalal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission centrally sponsored scheme at an estimating cost of Rs.194.54 Crores.

5.     Board has takenup Water Supply scheme in 4 (Birur, Siddapura, Hirekerur & Davanagere) towns and underground drainage scheme in 6 towns (Pandavapura, S.R.Patna, Nanjangud, Malavalli, Channapatna & Davangere) under UIDSSMT a centrally sponsored programme at an estimated cost of Rs.83.13 crores.

IV. Performance During 2006-07    

     During the year 2006-07 out of 58 Schemes the Board proposed commission 20 water supply schemes and 4 Sewerage Schemes.  The details of the achievements are as follows:

            Mobilisation of Resources during 2006-07

            The Board budget for 2006-07 for implementation 135 schemes is prepared for Rs.354.09 crores. The resources mobilization are as follows.

                                            Rs. in Crores                                     Receipts

1. Government Grant                                               88.22                                                95.18

2. Government Loan                                                80.00                                                  8.00

3. Local body share (SFC)                                       60.00                                                60.00

4. IEBR                                                                    50.00                                                  --

5. Opening Balance                                                 63.38                                                63.38

6. RDPR Share                                                         4.47                                                   6.96

7. ULB Share                                                            8.01                                                   8.00

                                                       Total                354.08                                               241.52                          

Expenditure (2006-07)

                                  Rs. in Crores

1. Water Supply Schemes                                          119.50

2. Sewerage schemes                                                   15.98

                        TOTAL                                                135.51

            The Government has accorded administrative approval  for 36 schemes during 2006-07 the details are as follows:

                                                                                                                                                              Rs. in Crores

Activities of the Board for the year 2007-08

There are 60 schemes in the Board at the beginning of the year 2007-08, which includes 42 water supply & 18 under ground drainage schemes, apart from the schemes which were commissioned in the earlier year to be finalised during the current year.

During the current year 2007-08. It is proposed for commissioning of 31 schemes the scheme wise details are as follows

            The total Board budget for the year 2007-08 is Rs.334.11 crores. The details are as follows:

                                                                                     Rs. in crores

 1.      Government Grant                                                  115.87

                                                                                            4.98

2.      Government Loan                                                      44.00      

3.      Local body share (SFC)                                                 - -                                

4.      IEBR                                                                          50.00              

5.      Opening Balance                                                      104.74

6.      RDPR Share                                                               19.68     

 7.      ULB Share                                                                   - -

                                                           TOTAL                 334.11                                             

            The Board has prepared an action plan for 2007-08. Which includes 26 new proposals and ongoing schemes.

Schemes targetted for commissioning during 2007-08