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Rampant theft of drinking water

Tuesday, 21 July 2009 05:24
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Deccan Chronicle 21.07.2009

Rampant theft of drinking water

July 21st, 2009
By Our Correspondent

Thanjavur, July 20: To ensure equitable distribution of potable water and prevent artificial water scarcity in the district, the administration has launched a crackdown on the illegal tapping of drinking water by unscrupulous persons using pumpset motors.

As a result, municipal authorities in Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Pattukkottai conducted surprise checks at houses in their respective municipal areas and seized 65 motors used illegally for tapping drinking water. In all, 37 motors were seized in Pattukkottai municipal limit, 12 in Thanjavur municipal limit and 16 in Kumbakonam municipal limit, sources said.

Water scarcity prevails in a few areas in the district due to monsoon failure. Steps have now been taken on a war-footing to rectify the situation in the areas through equitable distribution of drinking water. The district administration has also directed the officials to immediately repair hand pumps in rural areas. The officials have been instructed to install more pumps on a need basis, collector M.S. Shanmugam said.

The Tamil Nadu Water and Drainage (TWAD) board officials have been instructed to monitor the uninterrupted water supply under the comprehensive water schemes in the district and take measures to distribute water with the help of generators in case of continuous power failure.

They have also been instructed to conduct surprise inspection at houses and find if anybody was tapping water with the help of motors in town panchayat and municipal areas.

The collector warned of criminal action against those found guilty, in addition to the seizure of the motors.

 

City to get 38 parks on Friday

Tuesday, 21 July 2009 05:16
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Deccan Chronicle 21.07.2009

City to get 38 parks on Friday

July 21st, 2009
By Our Correspondent

Chennai, July 20: Deputy chief minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate 38 new parks developed at a cost of Rs 9 crore by the city corporation, on Friday according to Mayor M. Subramanian who is now reviewing the works underway in these parks awaiting inauguration.

All these parks will be inaugurated the same day and opened to the public. Sivan Park in K K Nagar, Jay Nagar park opposite to Koyambedu bus stand and the park connecting the Foreshore Estate and Raja Annamalaipuram are some of the prominent parks recently renovated. Besides renovating the existing parks, a new park had also been developed in front of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority in Egmore, the mayor said in a statement on Monday.

 

Canals to be cleaned

Tuesday, 21 July 2009 04:20
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The Hindu 21.07.2009

Canals to be cleaned

Special Correspondent

COIMBATORE: Flushing out plastics waste from a canal by using a water cannon is one of the options the district administration, Coimbatore Corporation and the irrigation wing of the Public Works Department (PWD) will examine over the next couple of days as part of efforts to ensure that water flows from the Big Tank at Ukkadam to Valankulam.

In the wake of reports that water has not reached the tanks in the city despite heavy flow in River Noyyal, District Collector held a meeting on Monday with officials of the Corporation, PWD and the Highways to discuss the problem of blocks in water ways hampering inflow to the tanks.

Chief Engineer of Coimbatore Corporation K. Balasubramaniam, PWD Executive Engineer (Irrigation) A. Venkatachalam and Divisional Engineer of National Highways D. Thangamuthu took part in the meeting.

After the meeting, the Collector and the officials visited the Big Tank and the Vellalore Canal that were among the water bodies that had not benefited from the South West Monsoon. They found that the canal connecting the Big Tank and the Valankulam was choked with garbage, including a substantial amount of plastics waste. The Valankulam was dry because surplus water did not flow through the canal from the Big Tank.

The Collector suggested that if digging the canal open was difficult because of the building that had come over it, a water cannon of a fire engine could be used to flush the waste out. Mr. Balasubramaniam said that while this could be one option, the other was to dig the canal open behind the police station and clear the waste.

Taking stock of the situation, Dr. Umanath said the options could be examined at another meeting in a couple of days. The Corporation Commissioner, Regional Director of Municipal Administration and senior officials of the PWD would take part in it, he said.

Efforts would be taken to remove garbage from the Vellalore Canal also, the Collector said. PWD officials attributed the problem in this canal to the dumping of waste generated across the Kuniamuthur Municipality.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 21 July 2009 04:23
 
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