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town. Exhibit 4.2 gives details of the storage infrastructure available within Krish-M in terms of
OHTs and GLSRs. There are a total of 4 OHTs with a capacity of 29.95 lakh litres.
Exhibit 4.2 Water Supply - Storage infrastructure
Sr. No. Area OHT /GLR Capacity (Lakh litres)
1 Old Pettai OHT 10.0
2 Santher Pettai OHT 8.0
3 London Pettai OHT 6.25
4 Taluka Office OHT 5.70
Total 29.95
Operationally Available Storage (Lakh litres) 29.95
Required (50% of requirement) (Lakh litres) 21.5
Surplus/(Gap) in Storage (Lakh litres) + 8.45
Source: As provided by Krish-M. Discussions, IMaCS analysis
4.1.4 Distribution Network and House Service Connections
The distribution line length in Krish-M is about 38.65 km. Seen in the context of the total road length
of Krish-M, which extends over 56.43 km (including roads managed by State highways). Therefore
the distribution network covers 68% of road network and if we consider only the roads managed by
municipality the coverage is about 89.8%.
4.2 House Service Connections
Krish-M municipality manages about 6720 House Service Connections within its limits. The number
of HSCs is 39% of total assessed properties. There are 54 public fountains in the town. Water is
supplied for 2 hours every alternate day. Exhibit 4.3 provides the details of House Service
Connections, user charge, connection charges and the HSCs given during 2002 to 2007 in Krish-M.
Connection
type
Exhibit 4.3 House service connections
Connection Deposit
amount Rs.
User charge
Rs. per month
Domestic 3000 80
Non-Domestic 12000 300
Industrial 8000 160
Total no. of HSCs (as of Nov 2007) 7058
Assessed properties 19375
% of Properties 36.0%
Year HSCs
2002-03 4479
2003-04 729
2004-05 439
2005-06 499
2006-07 496
Total 6642
Source: As provided by Krish-M. Discussions, IMaCS analysis
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