Up to date on: Dec 29, 2025 08:42 am IST
HSVP and PHED have been requested to prioritise short-term provide measures after a evaluate flagged rising inhabitants stress in new colonies.
The Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and the general public well being and engineering division (PHED) have been directed to attract up a direct plan to fulfill ingesting water wants of newly developed and creating colonies in Sohna, amid rising inhabitants stress, officers stated.
The instructions have been issued by DS Dhesi, principal advisor, city improvement, Haryana authorities, throughout a evaluate assembly held earlier this month to evaluate infrastructure tasks within the metropolis. A senior GMDA official current on the assembly stated Dhesi requested companies to prioritise short-term measures after reviewing PHED’s proposals.
Based on a GMDA official, PHED has ready each short- and long-term plans. Beneath the short-term plan, ₹18 crore will likely be spent to put a 19 MLD pipeline from Ghamroj to Sohna and assemble two storage tanks to provide water to newly creating sectors. The long-term plan proposes development of a water therapy plant at a value of round ₹268 crore.
PHED had constructed a 27 MLD water therapy plant at Ghamroj in 2016, which at the moment provides 20 MLD to the Sohna and Rojka Mev industrial areas. HSVP’s share is 8.73 MLD, of which solely 4 MLD is utilised, leaving 4.73 MLD unused and proposed for brand spanking new colonies.
“Instructions have been issued to the HSVP to work out modalities for short-term provide, as long-term tasks require land and interdepartmental coordination,” the GMDA official stated.
The City and Nation Planning Division has licensed about 50 residential tasks in Sohna, of which 12 are accomplished and residential to round 5,000 households.
