The government of Maharashtra has planned a network of giant pipelines running thousands of km to connect the Marathwada region’s 11 major reservoirs. This will be backed by water treatment plants and pumping stations and will provide piped drinking water to every village household three years from now.
The project will be called as the Marathwada Water Grid. The first tenders are to be floated in a week, covering a Rs 4,527 crore component of the Rs 16,000 crore project.
The project proposes to connect 11 major dams in Marathwada through pipelines ranging from 1.6 mtr to 2.4 mtr in diameter. A primary loop will connect the reservoirs to enable pumping water from water surplus dams to areas serviced by reservoirs with low storage levels.