ADB to fund Ranchi’s urban water supply scheme, other development works

RANCHI: The work on second phase of Urban Ranchi Water Supply Scheme, which is funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), will start from March 2020. This scheme aims to benefit over 92,000 households in the city.

A high-level fact-finding team of ADB which had visited Ranchi water supply project sites, along with sites of other urban infrastructure projects that they would be funding, between September 14 and 20, gave a presentation before the Jharkhand urban development department officials at Project Bhavan in Ranchi.

Ameet Kumar, director of State Urban Development Authority (SUDA) said that the ADB team showed them the presentation on their findings, which they would submit to the Union finance ministry later this month.

Around 70 per cent of the financial costing of the project will be provided by the ADB as a loan while the state government will provide the rest 30 per cent.

“We have started the tender process for some projects and after formally signing loan agreements, will issue work orders to the private contractors to get the work started,” added Kumar.

ADB will fund six urban infrastructure projects including the second phase of Ranchi Water Supply Scheme, integrated drainage and sewerage project in Jugsalai and Mango (both in Jamshedpur), integrated drainage and road projects in Dumka and Medininagar and the urban water supply project in Hussainabad.

The Ranchi Water Supply Scheme, the work on its first phase is already underway along with the second phase which will begin soon, will provide piped water supply in all the 53 wards under the Ranchi Municipal Corporation.