The Hindu 20.12.2009
VS to launch water supply scheme
Staff Reporter
PALAKKAD: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan will inaugurate the Rs.6.77-crore second stage of the Malampuzha water supply scheme at Malampuzha, near here, on Wednesday.
The scheme provides drinking water to the Palakkad municipality and the adjoining panchayats.
The second stage scheme will provide drinking water to 2 lakh people. Under it, 3,000 public taps, 35,000 domestic connections and water for industry and non-domestic use have been provided. Around 12.5 lakh million litres of drinking water can be supplied on a daily basis.
The water from the Malampuzha filtering plant will be pto the 15-lakh-litre capacity Kalmandapam storage tank, the 31-lakh-litre capacity Muthanthara storage tank and the 15-lakh-litre capacity Mattumantha storage tank.
Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran will preside. Minister for Electricity A.K. Balan will switch on the filtering plant.
