Keeping Company with the Nation on Move
The City
- Nagpur is 10th largest Indian city with ~2.5 Mn population,
- Population is expected to grow to ~5 Mn in the next 25 years
- 3rd largest and most industrialized city after Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra
Company
- 'Orange City Water Ltd' is a 50:50 joint venture SPV company
incorporated with stake of Vishvaraj Environment Pvt. Ltd
and Veolia Water of France
Objective
- 24/7 water supply to 100% population including hutment-dwellers in 5 years
- Non Revenue Water (NRW) reduction to 20% in 8 years Salient Features
- Awarded by Nagpur Municipal Corporation, through an international tendering process in June 2011 under JnNURM
Program
- Private Investment: 30% of the estimated project cost (70% under JnNURM grant) + 100% of escalation
- Concession Period: 25 years of O&M incl. 5 years of capital rehabilitation
Scope
- Replacement of 300,000 House Service connections, rehabilitations of treatment facilities, service reservoirs and pipeline
- Management of the drinking water cycle, from production, treatment, transport, storage to distribution to the customer's taps
- Establishing a customer service center to offer round-the-clock assistance
- Billing and collection of the water charges on behalf of Nagpur Municipal Corporation Project Cost
Project Cost
Accolades
- Selected and awarded amongst the Top 10 PPP
projects in Asia region for the Emerging Partnerships
Initiative by the London-based Infrastructure Journal
(IJ) and International Finance Corporation (IFC).
- Project awarded for “Deal of the Year Award”
for the year 2012 by “Global Water Intelligence”