The Hindu 21.12.2009
Minister calls for completion of water scheme works by February
Special Correspondent
| Reviews works on project that will step up water supply |
— Photo: Special Arrangement. 
Development works: Rural Industries Minister Pongalur N. Palaniswamy (right) and District Collector P. Umanath (second right) reviewing the Bhavani water scheme works near the city on Saturday.
COIMBATORE: Minister for Rural Industries Pongalur N. Palanisamy has called upon the Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board here to complete the works on the Bhavani Combined Water Supply Scheme by February next year in order to help Kavundampalayam Municipality and Vadavalli Town Panchayat tide over scarcity of drinking water.
Reviewing the construction of water tanks in areas under the local bodies and the establishing of a water treatment plant at Chellappanur and an intake well at Nellithurai on Saturday, the Minister recalled that Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark the launch of the scheme here on February 24, 2007.
The Minister called upon the officials of the water board to speed up the works so that the people of the two local bodies were benefited by it before the onset of summer.
District Collector P. Umanath, TWAD Board Chief Engineer N. Ravichandran, Superintending Engineer P. Velusamy, Executive Engineer N.S. Manoharan, Kavundampalayam Municipality Chairman K.M. Sundaram and Vadavalli Town Panchayat President S. Amirthavalli Shanmughasundaram accompanied the Minister to the spots where the works were in progress.
The Minister said the scheme would provide the people under both the local bodies with a supply of 70 litres per capita per day. At present, the supply was 31 litres a day.
From the intake well at Nellithurai, water would be pumped to the treatment six km away at Chellapanur. Treated water would then go a main service reservoir located 14.40 km away at Veerapandi Pirivu. From there it would flow 15.55 km to a water tank at Kavundampalayam. From this tank, water would be supplied to seven new tanks and four existing ones at Kavundampalayam and to four at Vadavalli. Works were yet to be over with regard to two tanks each in the municipality and the town panchayat. The total length of pipes in the project would be 36 km.
Quoting the Minister, a press release from the district administration said the quick completion of the works would help in diverting the existing supply of Siruvani water to these areas to the city for the World Classical Tamil Conference in June next year.
