India, May 21 -- The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) has issued the contract work for a project to augment water supply to residential areas along the Dwarka Expressway and localities of Palam Vihar, Sector 23, Udyog Vihar and DLF Phases 2-3 that are at the tail-end of its distribution network, officials familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The work will entail laying a master water pipeline, from the Basai treatment plant up to Shankar Chowk, with a capacity of 200 million litres per day (mld). A 1600mm pipeline will be laid, passing through Dwarka Expressway, Palam Vihar Road, Sushil Aima Road, Old Delhi Road, Udyog Vihar and DLF areas, officials said.

"The tender for laying the pipeline has been awarded and ...