The Hindu      15.06.2016

Mayor, MLAs inspect water scheme

With the city facing acute water shortage, Mayor S. Soundappan along with MLAs and officials visited the Mettur – Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme at Thottilpatti here on Tuesday.

The corporation receives 102 MLD (million litres a day) water through the dedicated scheme and 10 MLD water through the Nangavalli – Salem Old Water Supply Scheme everyday which, in turn, is supplied to all the wards in corporation limits.

Due to maintenance work carried out at Chekkanur barrage for past three weeks, water could not be stored in the barrage.

Hence, raw water could not be pumped for treatment and distribution to the residents. With water supply being restored slowly, the Mayor along with Corporation Commissioner K.R. Selvaraj, MLAs G. Venkatachalam and A.P. Sakthivel, and Deputy Mayor M. Natesan inspected the channel-laying process at Thottilpatti. The Mayor asked the officials to expedite the works so that regular water supply is restored at the earliest.