The Hindu 21.08.2010
Officials told to take steps to solve drinking water problem
Special Correspondent
| Durai Murugan holds discussion with Collector |
“Install streetlights on Anna Membalam''
“Prevent discharge of sewage into Palar river''
VELLORE: Law Minister Durai Murugan has directed Vellore Collector C. Rajendran and TWAD Board and local body officials to take steps on a war footing to solve the drinking water problem prevailing in different parts of the district.
Mr. Durai Murugan had a discussion at his residence in Gandhinagar near here on Thursday with the Collector, District Revenue Officer E. Saravanavelraj and officials of the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board. He discussed the measures to be taken to mitigate the water scarcity in Vellore district and directed the officials to identify the areas in the Vellore Corporation, municipal, town panchayat and village panchayat areas which were facing water scarcity and take immediate measures to ease the scarcity. He asked them to dig deep borewells and supply water through lorries in the scarcity areas.
The Minister asked the officials of the State Highways to immediately install streetlights on the Anna Membalam, the new bridge constructed across the Palar River immediately.
He directed the Collector to prevent the discharge of sewage from the Christian Medical College Hospital into the Palar River at Kangeyanallur and urge the hospital authorities to treat the water within the hospital and reuse it internally. K. Venkatesan, Executive Engineer, TWAD Board, Elangovan and Udayakumar, Assistant Executive Engineers, TWAD Board, Balasubramaniam, Regional Director of Municipal Administration, K.R. Selvaraj, Commissioner of Vellore Corporation, Venugopal, Assistant Director of Village Panchayats, N. Aminur Rahman, Assistant Director of Town Panchayats and Thangavel, Executive Engineer, State Highways participated in the meeting.
