The Hindu                      04.04.2013

Drinking water project launched

The much awaited drinking water project to meet the
requirements of Kovilpatti residents has been launched under the
Kovilpatti municipality water supply improvement scheme.

The
project was taken up at a cost of Rs.82 crore under the aegis of the
Urban Infrastructure Development scheme, sources from the Tamil Nadu
Water Supply and Drainage Board told The Hindu here on Wednesday.

Eighty
per cent of the total cost would be incurred by Central Government, ten
per cent by State Government and the rest by the municipality, which
has 36 wards.

Pipelines to cater to the basic needs
of Kovilpatti residents would be connected from Seevalaperi, where water
resources from the Tamirabarani, could be drawn at 52 kilometre
distance.

Preliminary work commenced with the setting
up of infiltration wells in Seevalaperi. Four infiltration wells would
be established.

The project is planned to be
completed in 18 months but the work would be expedited within 14 months,
sources said. On completion of the project, people would have access to
19 MLD (Million Litres of water per Day).

The
sources said that apart from the four existing tanks, 10 more would be
set up and a booster station established at Ilavelankal.

A
resolution for implementing the project was passed during 2006-11 in
the Kovilpatti municipality, said K. Srinivasan, town secretary, CPI
(M).