The Hindu 30.07.2012
Water scheme for five new wards of civic body in the pipeline
Tiruchi Corporation has decided to execute a new
drinking water scheme for the five new wards that have been added to it
recently. The five new wards are spread over Tiruverumbur town
panchayat, and Pappakurichi, Ellakudi, Keezha Kalkandarkottai and
Alathur panchayats, all in the eastern suburb of the city, that have
been merged with Tiruchi Corporation following delimitation.
Though
the areas are currently served by two combined drinking water scheme in
Tiruverumbur area, the new water scheme is intended to increase the per
capita water supply to the residents of the five wards to 135 litres a
day in line with the norms of Central Public Health and Environmental
Engineering Organisation of Union Urban Development Ministry.
Currently,
residents are getting about 70 to 100 litres a day but the supply is
said to be unequal. The drinking water supply augmentation scheme
currently under execution in the city at an investment of Rs.221.42
crore with assistance from Japan International Cooperation Agency, was
designed prior to the merger of the civic bodies.
The
civic body , once the proposal is approved by the corporation council,
would approach the Commissioner of Municipal Administration to identify a
consultant to design a new water project and prepare the detailed
project estimate. The consultant would also be entrusted with the task
of exploring sources for financial assistance for the project. As the
new project could take about a couple of years to be ready, the
corporation has planned to install 50 of the 100 PVC tanks that it plans
to acquire shortly in different parts of the five wards as a temporary
measure. The tanks would be filled with water through four exclusive
tankers to be hired for the purpose. The rest of the 50 tanks would be
installed in other parts of the city that face drinking water shortage.
