Chennai: In a major boost to Chennai, 10 new water projects have been approved by the Central government.

These Cen­tre-state projects were approved at the meeting of the Central sanctioning and monitoring committee (CSMC) of the Union ministry of urban development in New Delhi recently.

According to an official release, the projects include water supply sche­me for Pallikarani, Chinnasekkadu, Puzhal, Surapattu, Puthagaram, Ka­th­irvedu, Vadaperumabakkam, The­ey­am­bakkam, Edayanchavadi, Sada­yanku­ppam, Kadapakkam, Pala­­va­kkam, Mugalivakkam, Man­ali, Kott­ivakkam and Perungudi.

These projects have been sanctioned at an approved cost of Rs 27,­114.11 lakh.

The Central government will contribute 35 per cent towards the total cost while  the state will provide an equal amount and the rest is sourced from FIs and others.

Borewells is the primary source of water in many of these areas. At other places, a majority of the existing distribution systems are old and cannot carry the required water.

The projects aims to improve the quality and quantity of service, water metering, reduction in leakages and energy consumption and enhancem­ent in customer satisfaction and reve­n­ues to water supply organisations.

Si­nce population is increasing, there is a demand for increased supply of wa­­ter, which is aimed to be provided th­­rough these new supply projects.