The Hindu 24.01.2014
Corporation to divert Pilloor water to Kavundampalayam, Vadavalli
Civic body to spend Rs. 16 lakh for the purpose
In an effort aimed at increasing water supply to
Kavundampalayam and Vadavalli, the Coimbatore Corporation is in the
process of interlinking the Pilloor II pipeline with the
Kavundampalayam-Vadavalli water supply pipeline.
According
to Corporation Commissioner G. Latha, the Corporation proposed to
increase the drinking water supply to the aforementioned two areas by
providing the link at the Veerapandi Pirivu sump.
The
proposal was for providing three million litres a day (MLD) to take the
total supply from 11 to 14 MLD. The Corporation was spending Rs. 16
lakh for the purpose. At present the Corporation supplied water only
once in 10 days at 70 litres per capita per day (LPCD). Sources in the
civic body said that the Corporation was in the process of completing
the work and that it would take a few more days.
Even
as the work was in progress, the Corporation was diverting the water to
meet the shortfall in Thudiyalur, where a severe crisis existed.
Temporary
The
diversion to Thudiyalur was only temporary; the ultimate beneficiary of
the interlinking was only Kavundampalayam and Vadavalli.
Ward
3 Councillor from Thudiyalur N. Vanithamani said that the Corporation
supplied the Pilloor water only once in 20 days. If there was a leakage
or shutdown, the duration increased to 25 days.
The
sources said that the Corporation would supply water to Thudiyalur only
till the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board completed the water
supply augmentation works.
The Board was engaged in
replacing the pipelines to improve supply – to take the supply from 70
to 135 LPCD in keeping with the water supply norms for municipal
corporation.
Once the Board completed the work, the
Corporation would divert the water to Kavundampalayam and Vadavalli, as
planned. The pipeline there had the capacity to carry the additional
supply.
