The Hindu 28.08.2012
Drinking water pumping station planned at Vennar
Rs.2.50-crore worth preliminary works to be taken up
Thanjavur municipality is taking all steps necessary to ensure continuous drinking water supply to the people of the town, said Savithiri Gopal, chairperson, Thanjavur municipality, here on Monday.
The municipality has planned to put up a new drinking water pumping station at a cost of Rs.11 crore at Vennar near Thanjavur. Preliminary works are to be taken up at a cost of Rs.2.50 crore for which tenders are to be called on October 4. The facility will help the municipality to provide 45 litres more per day per person. The 36.31sq.km town has a population of 2.22 lakhs and is divided into 51 wards. There are eighteen overhead tanks in the town. Water is pumped from Kollidam at Thirumanur and reaches Vennar pumping station from where it is pumped to all the overhead tanks . One hundred and thirty five litres of water should be supplied per head per day in the town, but currently only 125 litres is being supplied.
The new pumping station will have the capacity to pump 10 million litres per day. The new facility along with the old Vennar and Thirumanur pumping station will help in providing continuous supply, said Ms. Gopal. She advised people not to use motors to drain off water illegally.
