The Hindu 09.09.2009
Pilloor water scheme will be completed by December 2010
Special Correspondent
| Construction of water treatment plant at Velliyankadu reviewed |
The Corporation has initiated the process of constructing an intake well at Rs.5.26 crore
Supply lines will be laid over a
stretch of 23.4 km
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore Corporation said on Tuesday that the implementation of the Rs.113-crore Pilloor Phase II Drinking Water Scheme was progressing at a good pace. Officials said the scheme would be completed by December 2010.
The scheme was being implemented under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission to provide 125 million litres of drinking water every day to the Coimbatore Corporation. When completed, the scheme would provide more than 60 million litres a day (mld) to the Corporation, supplementing the 65 mld being supplied under the Pilloor Phase I scheme.
The laying of pipes and the construction of a water treatment plant at Velliyankadu and a master service reservoir with 30-lakh litre capacity at Ramakrishnapuram were reviewed by Mayor R. Venkatachalam and Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra. Deputy Mayor N. Karthik, other councillors and officials of the civic body were present.
The Corporation had initiated the process of constructing an intake well at Rs.5.26 crore. A plant to treat 125 mld of water was being built at Rs.20 crore at Velliyankadu. The flooring has been completed and work to construct the wall had begun. The plant was being built on 15 acres.
The laying of pipes was on in various phases. These were being laid from the Periyakombai Tunnel to the treatment plant and from there to the Kattan Hills tunnel. Pipes were being laid from this tunnel to the tank being constructed at Ramakrishnapuram.
The Corporation said that supply lines would be laid over a stretch of 23.4 km. Of this, spirally welded mild steel pipe of 1500 mm would be laid over 3.6 km and 1100 mm over 10.87 km.
