The Hindu 28.05.2010
Re-scheduling is for distress-sharing: Mayor
Special Correspondent
Need to exercise caution over water position
Supply to come down till monsoon fills up dam
COIMBATORE: A day after the Coimbatore Corporation announced that it would supply drinking water under the Siruvani scheme only once in four days from June 1, Mayor R. Venkatachalam said on Thursday that the crisis in one part of the city called for distress-sharing on the part of the other.
Balance
While the need to exercise caution over the water position was one reason, the other was that a balance had to be struck in the supply to two sections of the city that got water under two different schemes.
“There is no justification in one section getting water only once in 10 or 15 days and the other on alternate days,” the Mayor pointed out.
“We need to restrict supply in the Siruvani-served areas also in order to avoid any scarcity. The once-in-four-days supply is required till the monsoon fills up Siruvani Dam,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board said the supply of drinking water under the Pilloor scheme was stopped on Thursday to plug leaks in the supply line from the water tank at Vilankurichi near the city to Sulur and a few other areas.
No supply
A press release from the board said the supply would not be made on Friday also to Sulur, Pongalu, Sulthanpet, Madukkarai Union, Palladam and some other town panchayats.
The supply would resume on Saturday, the release said.
