As many as 205 works at a cost of Rs 5 crore would be implemented in 16 town panchayats to tackle water shortage during summer, Assistant Director of the town panchayats, Malaiyaman Thirumudikari said.

He said out of the 143 works at a cost of Rs 3.67 rore since January this year, 109 had been completed.  At a review meeting chaired by Collector P Sankar on Monday, executive officers were advised to sink deep bore wells, set up small water pumps, set up infiltration wells, develop existing water sources, build over-head tanks, expand pipelines and repair existing water works, to address water crisis.