Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is planning to set up a water treatment plant of 10 million gallons per day (MGD) on EM Bypass near the junction of Garia Station Road on a turnkey basis.

According to KMC, presently the vast area of the Boroughs X,XI and XII is partly supplied through surface water from Garden Reach Water Works and Dhapa water treatment plant through different booster pumping stations (BPS), capsule BPS and elevated storage reservoir.

However, there are crisis pockets where normal water supply is required to be provided.

Further, some portions of the three boroughs, covering a total number of 25 wards, are served through groundwater by means of power-driven big diameter tubewell. KMC authority desires to replace ground water by treated surface water.

It was learnt that the civic body's water supply department carried out a detailed survey of the area and reached the conclusion that one new water treatment plant is required to be constructed for substitution of ground water by treated surface water.