Dhanbad: More than three lakh residents of Jamadoba, Putki, Sijua, Tetulmari, Shakri Chowk, Katras, Nawadih, Sabalpur and Bhelatand are likely to get piped water from river Damodar within two months.

The Rs 365-crore project, which was sanctioned way back in 2011 under the millennium city project of Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission, was delayed by more than four years due to procedural bottlenecks.

While BCCL took a long time to give a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for building overhand tanks in underground coal fire-affected areas, the railways didn't give permission for laying pipelines along tracks near Sijua station, around 25km from here.

The project, which is being executed by the drinking water and sanitation department with the help of L&T Construction, initially had a budget of Rs 298 crore. It was later revised to Rs 365 crore and the project was divided into two phases - Sindri and Jamadoba.

The Sindri phase comprising a water treatment plant of 13.5 million-litre-per-day capacity, an intake well of 19 million-litres-per-day, five overhead tanks and 84km of pipelines became operational in 2016 for supply in different area of Sindri, Patherdih, Chasnala and adjoining areas.

The Jamadoba phase comprising a water treatment plant of 143-million-litres-per-day capacity, an intake well of 183-million-litres-per-day, 260km of pipelines and 31 overhead tanks was delayed.

Executive engineer of Ran-ge I of drinking water and sanitation department Harendra Mishra said, "We will complete the project by October since we have already obtained the NOC from the railways for laying pipelines near Sijua station."