In the municipal council meeting on Monday, opposition AIADMK members strongly protested with empty pots on the Palar water scarcity. Authorities said the water supply through tankers was a stopgap arrangement to overcome the ‘increased demand’ because of the scorching summer heat.

When asked Tambaram Municipality Chairman E Mani said water was being supplied to all places where the water table was low besides other localities where there was public demand.“Officials have also been asked to distribute water in locations where public bore wells had gone dry,” he said. The water is being sourced from private wells.

Also, deepening of public bore wells that had gone dry was also being taken up on a ‘war-footing,’ and all the required materials had been supplied. Out of the 425 wells in the municipal area, about 50 per cent need deepening and this was being done, he added.

Both East and West Tambaram localities have been battling the problem of inadequate Palar water for quite a long time. The Pazhayaseevaram infiltration wells of the TWAD Board, and the Villiambakkam and Melacheri pump houses supply water to East and West Tambaram areas.However, a trouble of one kind or the other often erupts in the distribution network and the supply levels seldom meet the ever increasing demand.

The Municipal Chairman says that adequate improvements were being done to the entire water supply network. “The entire system was set up many decades ago and it is only natural that problem occurs in some places. We have been rectifying all the faults, and endeavouring to meet the demands of the people.” The Water Supply Improvement Scheme being implemented by the TWAD is also nearing completion and that would significantly help augment water supply and beat scarcity.

A 125 KVA generator has been put in place to avoid disruption in water supply during power cuts and maintenance of pipe lines, sumps, and tanks is a priority always