The Hindu 28.08.2012
Drinking water pumping station planned at Vennar
Rs.2.50-crore worth preliminary works to be taken up
Thanjavur municipality is taking all steps necessary to
ensure continuous drinking water supply to the people of the town, said
Savithiri Gopal, chairperson, Thanjavur municipality, here on Monday.
The
municipality has planned to put up a new drinking water pumping station
at a cost of Rs.11 crore at Vennar near Thanjavur. Preliminary works
are to be taken up at a cost of Rs.2.50 crore for which tenders are to
be called on October 4. The facility will help the municipality to
provide 45 litres more per day per person. The 36.31sq.km town has a
population of 2.22 lakhs and is divided into 51 wards. There are
eighteen overhead tanks in the town. Water is pumped from Kollidam at
Thirumanur and reaches Vennar pumping station from where it is pumped to
all the overhead tanks . One hundred and thirty five litres of water
should be supplied per head per day in the town, but currently only 125
litres is being supplied.
The new pumping station
will have the capacity to pump 10 million litres per day. The new
facility along with the old Vennar and Thirumanur pumping station will
help in providing continuous supply, said Ms. Gopal. She advised people
not to use motors to drain off water illegally.
