The Hindu 30.07.2012
Water supply improvement scheme for Mettur municipality in full swing
Under the project, water will be pumped from Mettur Dam
For drinking water:Work in progress at the water collection tank in Mettur in Salem district.-Photo: P. Goutham
Work is in full swing to supply 11.5 million litres of
water per day (mld) to over 60,000 residents in Mettur Municipality by
next year.
The Rs. 12.47 crore Water Supply
Improvement Scheme (WSIS) project, carried out by Tamil Nadu Water
Supply and Drainage Board, would meet the drinking water requirements of
the people in the municipal limits as over 35 per cent of the works
have been completed.
Begun in January 2012, work is
on to construct a pump house, four overhead tanks (each with a capacity
of 3.5 mld), water treatment plant (WTP) and sump house.Water
would be pumped from the Mettur Dam, treated at the water treatment
plant and distributed through a pipeline with a length of about 68
kilometres.
Pipelines have already been laid for six km and the rest would be carried out as scheduled, before trial run begins.Currently about 3.5 mld is supplied every day to the residents which is an average of about 15 – 20 litre per resident.
Project
The
project is expected to be completed in April 2013 and would solve the
drinking water requirements for the next 20 years in the municipal
areas, an official added.
Two major projects to draw
water from the Mettur Dam are being currently implemented, Rs. 1,295
crore Combined Water Supply Scheme to Vellore District and Rs. 320 crore
Mettur – Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme apart from the existing
Mettur – Salem – Attur Combined Water Supply Scheme.
Minister
for Municipal Administration and Rural Development K.P. Munusamy and
Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edappadi K. Palaniswami recently
inspected these projects and asked officials to expedite works.
