Source : The Hindu Date : 30.06.2009
“Separate drinking water pipeline will be laid”
Staff Reporter
| From Vaigai dam to supply protected water to drought-hit areas |
HELPFUL: Revenue Minister I. Periyasamy giving away school books to students at R. Kombaipatti near Batlagundu in Dindigul on Saturday.
DINDIGUL: A separate drinking water pipeline would be laid from the Vaigai dam to draw water from it and to supply protected drinking water to drought-hit areas and ensure additional supply to Dindigul, said Minister for Revenue I. Periasamy.
He was addressing a function held at an upgraded high school at Kombaipatti near here Saturday.
The existing drinking water schemes were not suffice to meet the growing demand for drinking water and to cover drought-hit areas in the district.
A separate pipeline from the Vaigai dam for drinking water purpose will cover Batlagundu, Nilakottai, Kodai Road, Panchampatti and Dindigul.
(Already, the Dindigul municipality has been supplying drinking water through three water schemes – Cauvery combined drinking water scheme, Athoor Kamarajar drinking water and Peranai drinking water schemes.)
Drawing water from the dam through pipeline would minimise loss and illegal tapping on the way side, he added.
“We will insist the government on sanctioning this proposal soon.”
The government had already granted permission to upgrade 33 panchayat union primary schools in to middle schools in the district. Already, three middle schools were upgraded into high schools and four high schools into higher secondary schools. With upgradation of Kombaipatti middle school into high school, students, particularly girls, need not go to distant places to continue their studies. Such a measure would eliminate dropouts in rural areas, he said.
He also congratulated government schools that performed exceedingly well in SSLC and HSC exams held in March 2009. Chief Educational Officer L. Lakshmikanthen and Dindigul MP N.S.V. Chitthan and others spoke.