With power outage disrupting the pumping of water from main sumps to the overhead tanks, City Municipal Corporation has installed six generators at a cost of Rs. 70 lakh to facilitate uninterrupted power supply.

The city is witnessing erratic power supply varying from six hours to 10 hours a day. Water supply to all residence in the 60 wards has to be maintained and with onset of summer it proves to be a herculean task.

Hence, to meet power crisis and provide uninterrupted power supply to the motors to pump water from main sumps to the overhead tanks, generators were installed near tanks in Ayyan Thirumaligai, K.P. Karadu, Maniyanur, Dadagapatti, Narasothipatti, and in Shanthi Nagar in Alagapuram.

“These backup systems would help in uninterrupted power supply so that water distribution is not disrupted,” a corporation official said.

He added that high capacity motors gets repair frequently due to erratic power and generators would prevent further damage to motors. To ensure that water distribution is not affected, the civic body is installing a generator near the tank in Ammapet.

“Based on the requirements, generators would be installed in other areas also,” added a senior official. They added that power outage also creates friction between pipelines carrying water resulting in breakups to joints. With onset of summer, increase in power cuts would affect the water distribution.

Hence a project would be prepared to provide power backup service to all the motors, the official added.

Use of generators for running motors is causing additional expense for the civic body that is already facing protest over irregular water supply and tardy execution of projects.