The Hindu 24.12.2009
VS inaugurates drinking water scheme
Staff Reporter
| Palakkad municipality, adjoining panchayats will get water under the project |
2 lakh people to benefit from the scheme Project implemented at a cost of Rs.6.99 crore
Succour for people: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurating the second stage of the Palakkad Drinking Water Supply Scheme at Malampuzha, near Palakkad, on Wednesday.
PALAKKAD: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan inaugurated the Rs.6.99-crore second stage of the Palakkad Drinking Water Supply scheme here on Wednesday.
The Palakkad municipal area and the adjoining panchayats will get water under the scheme.
The second stage will provide drinking water to 2 lakh people.
The scheme will supply water to 3,000 public taps; 35,000 domestic connections and various industries in the district.
Storage facilities
Water from the Malampuzha filtering plant will be pumped to storage facilities at Kalmandapam and Mattumantha (15 lakh litre capacity each) and Muthanthara (31 lakh litres).
The Chief Minister said the work had started in 1998-99 at an estimated cost of Rs.5.60 crore. There had been a delay of 10 years in the completion of the stage. The inaugural function was presided over by Water Resources Minister M.K. Premachandran. M.B. Rajesh, MP, was the chief guest at the function.
The meeting was addressed by K.K. Divakaran, MLA, district panchayat president Subida Isahaq, municipal chairperson V. Devayani and KWA Managing Director Susan Jacob.
