Mineral water plant on anvil
AHMEDABAD: Heard of any municipal corporation operating a mineral water bottling plant before? The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) now plans to set up a mineral water plant / water filtration plant near its Kotarpur sewage treatment facility that will treat water to high levels of purity and then bottle them in 200 ml and 1 litre bottles. The capital costs to be incurred in the project is estimated to be around Rs 1.3 crore, according to a note in the standing committee agenda. The note further states that the annual operation and maintenance of the plant is estimated to be around Rs 27 lakh. Also the bottling costs per month would be Rs 20 lakh. "We have been buying mineral water from various companies which puts a huge burden on us, so the plant would reduce the financial load," claims an AMC official. "The fact that the water will be sourced from the water treatment facility itself is a gleaming example of management of resources," claims the official. Of