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New Bus Stand in Theni Named After Pennycuick

Friday, 03 January 2014 09:52
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The New Indian Express              03.01.2014

New Bus Stand in Theni Named After Pennycuick

Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has inaugurated the new bus terminus  at Theni-Allinagaram municipality named after Colonel John Pennycuick, the British engineer who constructed the Mullaiperiyar dam, the life-line of many southern districts. 

While inaugurating the memorial for Pennycuick on January 15 at the Lower Camp in Theni district, the Chief Minister had announced that the new bus terminus would be named after the late British engineer.

The Chief Minister inaugurated this terminus through video conferencing facility at her Kodanadu camp office on December 30. The terminus has been constructed in an area of 7.35 acres at a cost of Rs 15.25 crore. As many as 59 buses can be parked in this terminus which has all the basic amenities including police control room, information officer, reception and driver’s rest room.,

Drinking water projects and underground drainage facilities established at a cost of Rs 64.47 crore in Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram and Kuttalam in Nagapattinam district, besides another six  districts were also inaugurated by the Chief Minister.

Apart from these, she also inaugurated new buildings in various districts.  In all, the Chief Minister has inaugurated and laid foundation for new projects worth Rs 118.2 crore.

 

Corporation Inspects Houses Over Water Pilferage

Friday, 03 January 2014 09:27
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The New Indian Express              03.01.2014

Corporation Inspects Houses Over Water Pilferage

The Vellore Corporation conducted surprise raids against illegal water tapping in residential and commercial areas in Sainathapuram, Thursday. Seven motors were seized and the water pipeline to one house was disconnected.

In a raid carried out in wards 39 and 41 in Vellore, covering Virupatchipuram, Kamarajar Nagar and Muslim Colony in Sainathapuram, officials found seven residences using electric motors to draw extra water.

Electric motors with capacities ranging from 0.5 HP to 1.5 HP were seized from the residences during the surprise raid carried out by the officials from the corporation.

Subsequently, the officials tried carrying out a raid in a building that housed a tea stall in the front and a residence at the back.

However, the occupants disallowed them from entering the building.

Officials said, the occupants quarrelled with them and locked the house to prevent them from entering and seizing a 0.5-HP capacity electric motor.

Following this, the officials dug the earth and disconnected the water pipeline to the building.

 

Seven motors used for illegally pumping drinking water seized

Friday, 03 January 2014 04:58
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The Hindu               03.01.2014

Seven motors used for illegally pumping drinking water seized

Motors used for illegally pumping water seized by the Vellore Corporation from houses in Sainathapuram on Thursday.— Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy
Motors used for illegally pumping water seized by the Vellore Corporation from houses in Sainathapuram on Thursday.— Photo: C. Venkatachalapathy

Seven electric motors used by the residents in Sainathapuram and Viruppakshipuram areas of Vellore for illegally pumping drinking water from the distribution lines were seized by the authorities of Vellore Corporation on Thursday.

In view of the water scarcity in many areas, most residents in whose houses the borewells have gone dry resort to the illegal practice of using motors to pump the water from the distribution whenever water is supplied by the Corporation.

According to residents of Sainathapuram, many borewells in their area up to a depth of 200 feet went dry during the months of November and December last forcing them to buy water to meet their non-consumption water needs. Some residents complained that there was no yield even if they dig for 300 feet. As far as the drinking water supply by the Corporation is concerned, they get water only once in 15 days. Many have installed reverse osmosis water purifier systems to convert the water stored in overhead tanks into drinking water.

The drinking water supply position is worse in Thorappadi where the residents have not got water in their pipes for nearly a month.

Janaki Raveendran, Commissioner of Vellore Corporation, said that while seven motors were seized from the residential areas of Sainathapuram and Viruppakshipuram on Thursday, the drinking water connection of one house was disconnected since the house-owner resisted the seizure of the motor.

As many as 200 motors were seized by the authorities in the last few months, she said.

 
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