The Hindu 12.07.2013
At last, Vedasandur gets protected drinking water
A five-decade-old struggle for protected drinking water
by residents of Vedasandur has come to an end, thanks to the
implementation of Cauvery Combined Drinking Water Scheme. With the
implementation of the scheme, protected drinking water is being supplied
from Thursday.
The TWAD Board officials stored water
in two newly constructed tanks — each of one lakh litre capacity — at
VOC Nagar and Kongu Nagar and supplied the water to residents in
Vedasandur town on Thursday morning.
However, water
could not be stored in a tank constructed at Martin Nagar, as it has
come up on a private land, and a case is pending in court in this
connection. Water supply will be made to all residents of the town in
phases, said TWAD officials. On completion of the project, residents of
Palayam, Oddanchatram, Sri Ramapuram and Kannivadi town panchayats too
will get 70 litres of drinking water a day each and the people of 735
villages will get 40 litres of water a day each. A total of 3.5 lakh
people will get protected drinking water under this scheme.
Three
ground-level tanks and six overhead tanks and two pressure reduction
tanks have been set up to streamline the supply. Eight pumps have been
installed to carry water to the beneficiary villages.
