The Hindu 26.09.2014
Corporation to regulate water supply to apartments
The municipal corporation has decided to cut down water supply to apartments following objections raised at the council meeting here on Thursday.
The civic body has also decided to regulate drinking water supplied through tankers for hotels, restaurants, hospitals and commercial establishments. This was announced by Mayor V.V. Rajan Chellappa and Corporation Commissioner C. Kathiravan who instructed the corporation staff to give priority to water requirements of common people.
Their intervention came in reply to a question raised by zone chairman and senior councillor P. Salaimuthu who said proliferation of apartments had resulted in common people not getting adequate supply of water through tankers.
Mr. Kathiravan said steps would be taken to regulate water supplied to apartments and commercial establishments. “We will disconnect illegal water connections. The availability of water is less than the demand,” he added.
Mr. Chellappa directed the officials to ensure that water supplied through tankers was not misused by apartments as complained by the zone chairman.
Earlier, briefing the councillors about water needs, City Engineer A. Mathuram said the total requirement for the 100 wards of the city was 205 million litres per day (MLD) whereas only 115 MLD was available through Vaigai water schemes.
Hoping that the situation would improve in the coming days, Mr. Kathiravan said a proposal for Rs.550 crore had been sent to the State government to revamp water distribution, and to get additional 63 MLD through other sources.