A consortium of Hindustan Construction Company and Om Infra has been awarded a contract worth Rs 609 crore by the Rajasthan Government’s Public Health Engineering Department. The contract is for construction of the Nokha Water Supply project. The project aims to provide functional household tap connection (FHTC) in the Bikaner district.
The scope of work involves constructing a network of water distribution lines of over 1,000 km, including main trunks, cluster distribution and village distribution lines and booster pumping stations at several locations. This network will provide drinking water to 154 villages and two towns (Nokha and Deshnok) of the Bikaner district.
The contract also involves operation and maintenance of 10 years. The project will be funded under the Jal Jeevan Mission with contributions from the various state governments.