City Municipal Corporation has begun work under Phase II of the Rs. 132.12 crore Mettur – Salem Dedicated Water Supply Scheme here on Sunday.

Under the scheme, pipeline would be laid from the corporation entry point, near Mamangam on Salem – Bangalore National Highway, for 67.385 km at a cost of Rs. 44.1 crore and would be pumped to 22 new overhead tanks at different parts of the city, to be constructed at a cost of Rs. 32.85 crore.

Water would then be distributed to households through a pipeline length of 212 k.m. and would be monitored through Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), to be installed at a cost of Rs. 2.50 crore.

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SCADA is a software application programme that would control the flow of water and gather necessary data from the civic body office.

Works are expected to be completed in 18 months as each individual would receive 135 litre of protected water under the scheme.

Currently under Phase I, laying of pipeline from Mettur to Mamangam, construction of pumping house and water treatment plant were carried out at a cost of Rs. 188 crore.

The total cost of the water supply scheme is Rs. 320.54 crore, including the grant of Rs. 37.45 crore from the State government.

Currently the corporation receives about 60 MLD through the Mettur- Salem-Attur Combined Water Supply Scheme (CWSS).

Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edappadi K. Palaniswami inaugurated the works at Mamangam, Reddipatti and at Ammapet.

The Minister also inaugurated the Rs. 39.50 lakh maternity centre at Kumarasamipatti and at Kitchipalayam in Ammapet, constructed at a cost of Rs. 39.95 lakh.

The maternity centres have ultrasound scan room, labour room, post natal ward, pharmacy, immunization room, TB and HIV testing room and staff and patients toilets.

Currently to cater to the health care needs of the people in 60 wards, there are seven urban health posts 13 maternity centres, two maternity homes health sub-centres and nine dispensaries in the city.

District Collector K. Maharabushanam, Mayor S. Soundappan, Corporation Commissioner M. Ashokan, Deputy Mayor N. Natesan, Councillors, Executive Engineers and officials were present on the occasion.

Each individual covered under the scheme will receive 135 litres of protected water