kolkata residents of highrises and housing complexes along the eastern metropolitan bypass will receive supply of safe drinking water from dhapa water treatment plant in a couple of years with kolkata municipal corporation deciding to start the construction of a 20 milliongallon per day mgd treatment plant from december civic water supply officials said piped potable water should reach the housing complexes by early 2025 the demand for safe drinking water is soaring among the residents of em bypass since the kolkata municipal corporation announced augmentation of its dhapa water treatment plant last week the civic authorities cleared a proposal of issuing a work order for construction of a 20 mgd capacity water treatment plant at dhapa at present the kmc water supply department runs a 30 mgd plant at dhapa waterworks according to a kmc water supply department senior official the present capacity of the dhapa plant is grossly inadequate for the residents of em bypass especially after a rapid growth in the number of residential complexes in the past one decade in fact under constant pressure from the residents of highrises and housing complexes the civic brass had decided to set up a separate water treatment plant for the residents of bypass that stretches from dhapa to patuliresidents of major highrises and housing complexes located along bypass on tuesday said they had been eagerly waiting for this new water treatment plant to get safe drinking water at present these residents are dependent on ground water quality of which has been under scanner due to the presence of arsenic in large parts of south kolkata neighbourhoods according to a kmc official the supply of potable water from the new plant will fetch good revenue to the civic body as potable water will be supplied through water meters which will read the consumption of a particular highrise or housing complexhowever some highrise residents have started counting days in anticipation that the kmc will connect their towers to the newly built water treatment plant we have 1051 flats across seven towers in the urbana complex every flat owner is excited about getting water from the dhapa plant we have already applied for safe drinking water from the civic authorities and now we are hoping to materialize our dreams said gopa bhabani the former secretary of urbana welfare association and a resident of toweri of the premium luxury condominium ashok sunda a resident of hiland park is equally excited about the news of the beginning of construction of the water treatment plant at dhapa prakash kedia secretary of the silver spring flat owners association felt the civic bodys decision to set up a new treatment plant came as a boon