The most important drinking water project for the state capital, Narmada Drinking Water Project, is going slow due to shortage of labourers. According to higher officers, even if the number of labourers has been increased, it will take at least 100 days more to complete the project. The construction agency, Kirloskar Ltd., had promised to complete the work by November 2010. Urban Administration Minister Shri Babulal Gaur has once again asked to speed up construction of the project. These facts came to light at a review meeting chaired by Shri Babulal Gaur today. Mayor Smt. Krishna Gaur, Bhopal Municipal Corporation President Shri Kailash Mishra, Principal Secretary of Public Works Department Shri R. K. Swai, Secretary to Urban Administration and Development Department Shri S P S Parihar, Commissioner Shri S N Mishra, Additional Commissioner of B M C Shri Arvind Dube and other officers were present. Public Health Engineering Department Engineer-in-Chief Shri Sudhir Saxena informed the meeting that the construction agency, Kirloskar, has so far revised the date of completion seven times but due to shortage of availability of labourers and internal problems of the company, the date of completion has to be revised again and again. He said that within a week's time, vice president of Kirloskar Ltd., Shri Sanjay Kirloskar will have another meeting with the Chief Secretary Shri Avni Vaish. This meeting will give the company final time limit to complete the work. The meeting was informed that in case the work of the project is not completed within the time limit in November, the company will have to pay penalty at the rate of Rs 10 thousand per day. But the main efforts would be to bring Narmada Water to Bhopal. The Narmada Drinking Water Project is taken up under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission and the project cost is Rs 339 crore. BMC Additional Commissioner Shri Arvind Dube informed the meeting about the progress of construction of overhead tanks and laying new pipelines in the city. He said that the work has been divided into three priorities. The first priority has been given to Ahmedpur-Misrod region. The BMC has laid 23 km pipeline against a total length of 26 kms. The remaining work will be completed by December 2010. 1.10 lakh population of the area will be benefited and 20.25 M L D drinking water will be supplied to them daily. Under the second priority, six new tanks will be constructed in Vidhan Sabha G.S.R. area by September next year. Till completion of these tanks, old tanks will be used for supply of drinking water. By January next year, 9 tanks will be joined with feeder lines. This will help to supply 23.50 MLD daily to 2.30 lakh residents of 11 wards. The third priority includes construction of remaining tanks and feeder mains. The BMC will spend Rs 415.45 crore for drinking water distribution system. This includes works like construction of 52 high level tanks, 82 km feeder main, 917.48 km long water distribution pipeline etc.